MORE: Cardinals manager and former catcher Matheny doesn't like rule Back during the Winter Meetings, Major League Baseball announced its intention to enact new rules regarding collisions at home ...

Major League Baseball sent a memo to teams clarifying this year's experimental rule intended to limit collisions at home plate, saying runners should not be called safe if the ball clearly beats them.

Major League Baseball decided last December that it wanted to ban collisions at home plate. It just needed the MLB Players Association to sign off, preferably in time for the ban to be in place for ...