Urias play: That isn't blocking the plate...the throw took him into the baseline. You may disagree, but that is exactly how that want that called. Realmuto play: This one is a bit more debatable. However my problem with it is the throw doesn't come through. So we all have zero idea where that ball was going to end up. The way he slid makes me believe he was more concerned about stopping the ball from ending up at the backstop and the runner at first going all the way to third. The other problem is the rule has never really faulted catchers that sort of start blocking the plate right as the ball comes in. The rule works exactly as it should. The catcher collision got reduced to basically zero and no one complains. Runner or the coaches don't complain, perfect. Early on they did call plays similar to the Urias one blocking, but all it caused was confusion/drama. The rule was to reduce collisions at home, not try to dissect blocking at the plate in slow motions for 5 minutes. Take that Isan Diaz play for example. That was arguably the right call by the definition of the book, yet everyone cried about it for a week saying it was dumb to call even if right. That Urias play is the exact same way. If that would have been called blocking the plate it would have been equally as dumb.