Baltimore Orioles: What can MLB do about infielder safety?

Teams such as the Baltimore Orioles are going to have to alter how they play starting next year – presumably, that is. In the wake of the hard slide in Saturday’s NLCS game, I won’t be surprised when rule changes are proposed. While I recognize that any rule changes in the wake of this incident will be made in the name of player safety (and thus with noble motives), that’s not to say that they’d be a good idea.

But what exactly could MLB do? We’re talking about double-play balls, right? It’s not as if they could institute a “fair catch rule” of some sort kind of like on punts in football. If they’re going to do anything, they should probably clarify the rules a bit more – as opposed to…