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MLB likely to change approach to takeout slides

MLB is likely to change its rules to prevent takeout slides, and the play in which Jung-Ho Kang was injured earlier this season is part of the reason why, ESPN's Buster Olney writes.

The Kang injury was probably a tipping point in the conversation, and the events of Game 2 of the Mets-Dodgers National League Division Series on Saturday night almost certainly pushed the situation across the goal line, when LA's Chase Utley essentially ended shortstop Ruben Tejada's season.

You can watch the Utley/Tejada play here. Olney writes that many players don't want the rules to change, but that executives think runners should be required to slide toward the bag when trying to break up double plays, rather than sliding toward infielders.