Andrew McCutchen provided a leading voice in bringing stricter enforcement to the obstruction rules:

“I had a lot to do with that,” McCutchen said with a smile.

“If I’m stealing a base, a guy can pretty much throw his whole body in front of the base to stop me from getting there. There’s no rule that says he can’t. I feel like it was pretty important, that there needs to be some language in there that speaks on that so guys aren’t getting hurt on both sides — defense or offense.

“I think it’s a good thing. We’ll see what happens.”

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Good for McCutchen. He asked questions and spoke to the right people to try to make a change for the better.