Originally Posted by coach2709:
What Utley did was a cheap shot. It makes me think of in an NFL game on an interception and a lineman 30 yards away from the play gets hit from the blindside. That used to be legal as well but they figured out cheap shots need to be outlawed. Cheap shots like this need to be outlawed.
There's a simple solution, and MLB will probably mess this one up like they did with protecting the catchers...they should have simply adopted the NCAA rules concerning illegal contact and obstruction. Here, they should just adopt NCAA's FPSR...it's a stand-alone rule that won't have secondary effects on other enforcement, it's simple to enforce, and it won't dramatically alter the balance between offense and defense.
Now, let's watch MLB use the FED FPSR and wonder why games go 15 innings.