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I think its a good move. Its kind of an anomaly in the game anyway. Plus how often is there a collision at the plate? Every 5 games? Every 10? (I do realize that would be an argument to keep the rule as it is for some people).
The catcher is in a real vulnerable position there. He is a sitting duck that runners often tee off on. Just about anything is legal to, forearms or elbows come up, shoulders to the chest or mid section. Its already one of the tougher positions in the game, they shouldn't be teed off on as well. I have felt this way for years, I just never expected MLB to change the rule.
With all due respect to Pete Rose's bitching; look at the players size and the shape they were in in his day and look at them now. Its quite a difference.
Remember Rick Dempsey? 1983 World Series MVP? Seen him recently or know where he is at? Nope? No one does. He was kind of a small catcher and in his final year a, lets be polite, husky Cecil Fielder ran full steam toward the plate that Dempsey was blocking. There was a puff of dirt and Dempsey was gone. No one knows whether he flew through the air to land in a far away and strange land or if Fielder somehow absorbed him. No one knows. New rules, this wont happen.
