Baseball's new guidelines regarding home plate collisions will be released on Monday. MLB executive vice president Joe Torre made the revelation Sunday after wrapping up a series of meetings to discuss expanded replay with the 15 teams that conduct spring training in Florida. The former New York Yankees manager did not provide specifics about the plate-collision rule except to say baseball wants to curb intentional contact. ''If nothing else on that play, we want to eliminate those very vicious hits where you target the catcher as opposed to home plate.'' Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said there doesn't appear a radical change to existing guidelines, noting catchers still will be able to block the plate if the ball arrives in time. More...