I'm OK with it, I see it all the time in high school sports. But given the Buster Posey rule and now this, who is going to be first commentator to utter the phrase, "Why don't we just put skirts on them?" once again. The Giancarlo Stanton Rule just doesn't quite roll off the tongue as easily as The Buster Posey Rule.
from ESPN:
Stanton is expected to miss the rest of the season, and just as the Buster Posey injury of 2011 spurred a lot of conversation about home plate collisions and player safety, the injury to Stanton -- one of the game’s greatest stars -- will inevitably spur this question: In the name of player safety, can more be done to protect hitters?
The answer, without question, is yes.
Maybe teach hitters not to dive into pitches in order to get plate coverage on the outside corner might help. Then late in the year, when everyone's a little tired and the amphetamines are wearing off ( What? I thought testing eliminated that http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11512445/baltimore-orioles-first-baseman-chris-davis-suspended-25-games-mlb ) guys might not sleep-walk into inside fastballs or remember how to duck out of the way better to protect themselves.
Or maybe we can eliminate bench-jockeying and replace it with good old fashioned bench-singing a la softball and the world would be a better place.
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