From
where I sit it looks like MLB is trying to make the game safer...
Yes,
there are people complaining about it, but honestly what difference
will this make? How many collisions are there in a normal week? One
or two. Maybe. Sure, it's exciting. Much in the same way it's
exciting to watch a massive pile-up in NASCAR. You hope nobody gets
hurt and that you're favourite player isn't involved. Out side of
that, it has nothing to do with the game. Purists will argue that
it's always been part of the game, so why make a change. Remember,
once upon a time batters didn't wear helmets and pitchers could use a
spit ball. Yet the game has changed for the better. Watching stars
like Buster Posey get carted off the field does nothing for the game.
The catcher's equipment is designed to protect them, at least mildly
from the ball, not from players. Football and hockey players wear
protection against physical contact. Catchers don't. This isn't
going to end plays at the plate. Just flying elbows.
At
least that's how I see it...and I sit in the cheap seats.
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