BOCA RATON, Fla. When recalling the Chase Utley-Ruben Tejada takeout slide in Game 2 of the NLDS the fractured the leg of the Mets’ shortstop, Joe Torre says player safety has to be MLB’s top priority.
“The one thing we all want to do is make sure we don’t have guys carried off the field,” said Torre, MLB’s chief baseball officer, on Wednesday. “Even though we’ve had a lot of criticism on the collision play at the plate, we haven’t had anybody carried off the field in a couple of years. I think that’s great.
“We’re looking at it.