My Take on Changing the Rule

I cant' take it anymore.

Anything baseball related right now can't go more than 30 seconds without the "Should the rule be changed?" thing happening. Just in case it's unclear, I'm referring to the Runners railroading Catchers thing that's been in the spotlight due to the Buster Posey injury.

Here's my (hopefully) end all take.

If you change the rule for running over catchers due to injuries then you need to change the rules and regulate how fast pitchers can throw a ball. Countless batters get hurt and suffer broken hands, wrists, etc. every year from pitched balls. And let's not forget about Marlon Byrd!!! No pitcher should be allowed to throw a ball faster than 50 MPH.

Another rule change: Too many outfielders are injured each year from running into walls as a result of chasing down balls. We must change the rules so that any ball that is within 6 feet of any wall (fair or foul) is an automatic out providing an outfielder is within 3 feet of the ball when it hits the ground.

I have about 6 or 7 more changes I can make here, but I'm hoping the point has come across. Look, I'm not saying it's not unfortunate that Posey got hurt, of course it is. But come on, is everyone really freaking out this hardcore about this? As long as it's clean, it's fair game. If the catcher is 30 feet up the 3rd base line and the ball hasn't reached the 1st cutoff man yet and the runner railroads the catcher, then yeah, not cool. But if the catcher is blocking the plate and it's a close play, then brace yourself. It's no different than a take-out slide at 2nd base.

(...Joe)