The "Chase Utley Rule" is already causing steam to rise from the ears of MLB managers.
The Tampa Bay Rays won a game-ending replay challenge Tuesday night, successfully arguing that Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista violated a new edict that essentially prohibits a baserunner from going out of his way to interfere with a fielder who is trying to turn a double play.
Toronto manager John Gibbons was livid afterward. "Are we trying to turn the game into a joke?" he said. Some fans are also upset at what they perceive is a softening of a storied sport.