Home plate collisions could be banned next season

Baseball needs to change its mind-set about the play, says rules committee chairman Sandy Alderson. Pete Rose thinks it's a bad idea. Expanded replay is also on the table.Baseball as you knew it is changing. The major leagues, years after Little League did it, are expanding the use of instant replay and giving managers the ability to lodge challenges. And this week, a Major League Baseball rules committee announced plans to institute a rule banning head- or shoulder-first home plate collisions.