The enforcement of the rule also was discussed in spring training before this season.
Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli was irate after umpires ruled Sánchez, then with the Twins, blocked the plate on what appeared to be an out in the 10th inning of a game against Toronto last season. MLB sent out a memo to teams late last season about how the rule was being enforced after several disputed plays at the plate. WHY HAS THERE BEEN A SUDDEN UPTICK IN VIOLATIONS? Among the most well-known ones was Pete Rose plowing through Ray Fosse to score the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game, a play that left Fosse with a fractured shoulder. Avila did return to play Game 6 two days later.īone-jarring collisions at the plate used to be a common in the game. That was a season after Posey was the NL Rookie of the Year while the Giants won the World Series.ĭetroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila was injured in Game 5 of 2013 American League Championship Series after a collision with Boston's David Ross. Posey suffered a fractured fibula and torn ligaments in his ankle after Scott Cousins of the Marlins put his shoulder down and slammed into the San Francisco catcher to score in 2011. That rule not only prohibits catchers from blocking the plate without possession of the ball or in the act of fielding the ball, but says runners can't deviate from their direct pathway to the plate to initiate contact with the catcher or engage in an avoidable collision. Rule 6.01(i) is officially listed as “Collisions at Home Plate,” but is informally referred to by many as the “Buster Posey Rule.” In 2014, MLB put in a rule intended to eliminate avoidable collisions at home plate. To prevent injuries that can result from collisions between base runners and catchers. WHY DOES MLB HAVE A RULE THAT PREVENTS CATCHERS FROM BLOCKING THE PLATE? Elvis Andrus was initially called out, which would have ended the eighth inning with the game still tied, but the White Sox challenged the tag and that Heim was blocking the plate. Like Sánchez, Texas catcher Jonah Heim was standing when he made a sweeping tag.
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