MLB Votes To Add Hip-Drop Tackles To Liven Up The Sport

U.S. — On the heels of news that the National Football League had instituted new rules regarding physicality in an effort to promote player safety, Major League Baseball voted to add hip-drop tackles to liven up the sport.

While a constant debate has raged for decades about whether baseball needs to add more excitement to the game to keep the attention of an evolving modern fanbase, MLB owners determined that injecting some brutality and increasing the level of violence on the field was a surefire way to create a buzz.

"It's time to make baseball a little more dangerous," said MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. "As people's interests have changed, we must change with it to stay relevant and exciting. Adding hip-drop tackles to the game and providing players with a new option of inflicting pai