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  • Joe Maddon tossed, likens home plate collision rule to Chicago's 'soda tax'

    10/14/2017 10:36:01 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 19 replies
    espn ^ | 10/14/2017 | Jesse Rogers
    Charlie Culberson tried to score from second on a single by Justin Turner and was initially called out by umpire Mike Winters for not touching home plate after evading Willson Contreras' tag. The Dodgers challenged the call, and after a video review, it was determined that Contreras blocked the plate before he received the ball. The interpretation of the rule infuriated Maddon. The Dodgers challenged on the grounds Contreras broke rule 7.13, which states "unless the catcher is in possession of the ball, the catcher cannot block the pathway of the runner as he is attempting to score. If, in...