Lower the Shoulder is ok in Baseball?

Lower the shoulder? To get to home plate? It's a good thing when LaPorta came up next in a 1 run game in the 8th or he would have been eating some dirt of his own. If you didn't see this play, see here for yourself.  After being leveled with a shoulder to the head, Treanor tried to get up and was as wobbly and dazed as I had ever seen a ball player. To his credit he did get the out and held the one run lead.

To me he was not trying to touch home and score but simply trying to harm. If his hands went in first and not the shoulder then I may feel differently. In my opinion, this runner should be out regardless. Period, the end. Sit down.

TONY DEJAK | The Associated Press

 

 While reviewing this play, I may have had an idea on how to avoid these injury causing plays. The umpire should rule the runner out if he is not in the process of attempting to touch the plate. I felt this way before I saw this picture but seeing this and leading with the shoulder, that is what makes this a dirty play in my opinion.

Last week the Royals shortstop Escobar was cleated on a dirty spikes up slide at 2nd, last night Billy Butler was nearly decapitated after a Cabrera grand slam with a fastball at his eye balls. I hope they keep playing good baseball and giving that 110% like Treanor did. I also hope Matt will be okay and return soon, that was a rough hit.