Owners will get a rule change. Some of the biggest upcoming stars in baseball are the young crop of shortstops. They are going to protect their assets, as they should.
If you think "taking someone out" is part of the game, you're overheating a bit in your all wool Ty Cobb throwback jersey.
I am wondering what game you have been watching for the last oh maybe 100yrs or so....it is not only taught but been glorified. You don't have it like it but has been part of the game forever.
And i love throwback unis!!!
A hundred years ago I was watching a game where the players were indentured for life to their team and paid in pennies. Now, Correa, Seager, Russell, Lindor are worth close to a quarter billion. One of them will surpass a half billion in career earnings.
Now loosen that top button on your Walter Johnson throwback jersey!