The Philadelphia Phillies had the umpire seeing double late in Friday's game against the New York Mets. Phillies second baseman Bryson Stott was at the ...

PITTSBURGH — Anthony Rizzo’s seventh home run of the season gave the sleep-deprived Chicago Cubs an early lead on Monday afternoon. His two-run single in the ninth put the finishing touches o… ...

Houston Astros George Springer (4) dives home as he scored a run on Jose Altuve's ground out during the eighth inning of an MLB baseball game at Minute Maid Park, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, in Houston.

Imagine sliding into home to find your leg scraped or even sliced by the marble edge of the plate. No wonder sliding didn’t become a popular technique until later in the century.

From now on, if agreed upon by all, a runner must slide into home plate – or at the very least try to dodge the catcher and the ball – rather than plow into him like a steer into a matador.

Yasiel Puig had been relatively quiet since the All-Star break. We say relatively because he was still spectacular in the field and was hitting at an impressive clip, but hadn't crushed a 600-foot ...

ST. LOUIS -- A few of you have asked why Carlos Beltran didn't slide into home plate Tuesday night in the eighth inning. The short answer: There is no good reason. He should have slid. If he does ...

The Washington Nationals were rallying in the seventh inning Friday night and Adam Eaton had just lofted a single into left field. Gerardo Parra was barreling toward home plate, until he wasn’t ...

Indians catcher Yan Gomes, practicing a rundown drill Monday in spring training, is happy MLB's new home-plate collision rule ofers catchers more protection. (Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer) GOODYEAR ...