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Old 02-25-2016, 03:15 PM   #5391
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Could of new rule changes are happening this season.

Mound visits are now strictly timed for 30 seconds and starts the moment a manager or pitching coach leaves the dugout.

Due to a few nasty incidents last year, sliding rules got changed both to lessen potential injuries and determine what counts as a legal slide from now on. Automatic double play out if any of the 4 situations don't happen from a slide.
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It starts by describing what a runner can do, outlining four main tenets of a legal slide into second base:

• Slide prior to reaching the base.
• Slide so you are able to and attempt to reach or touch the base.
• Slide so you are able to and attempt to stay on the base.
• Do not change your pathway to the base.

Runners who follow those four rules are allowed to take out the fielder legally, according to the rule.
Phantom out calls at 2nd base are now reviewable.
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It also made the so-called neighborhood play — in which a fielder who doesn't touch second base but gets an out because he was near the bag — reviewable by replay.
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