Today, we're going to talk about takeout slides, the so-called Utley Rule and why it needs fixing posthaste. You've got opinions. We've got opinions. Everyone's got opinions.
First, though, a fact: Major League Baseball had to do something.
After the Pittsburgh Pirates' Jung Ho Kang went down in the heat of the pennant race and the New York Mets' Ruben Tejada was knocked out in front of a national audience in the division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers—both on aggressive sides by opposing baserunners—the pressure was simply too great.
So we got Rule 6.