Sliding and tagging are silly.

How about letting base runners over run bases two and three?  They are allowed to over run first base and home plate.  For some odd reason some runners slide into first and home even though that is not necessary.  Very odd.  Sliding into second and third is an unnatural act, which is  dangerous.

It seems to me that as long as the ball gets to the base before the runner, the runner should be out.  That's how it works on a force play.  Why must a fielder tag the runner?  I can understand tagging a runner between bases to expedite but it should not be necessary.

Turning toward the next base should not put the runner in jeapardy.  Fielders should not be allowed to block a base, including home.

Hey, with no sliding maybe the players could wear shorts as the White Sox did in a game in August 1976.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/uniform_players.cgi?player_ID=ruthba01&teams=1914_BOS-1915_BOS-1916_BOS-1917_BOS-1918_BOS-1919_BOS-1920_NYY-1921_NYY-1922_NYY-1923_NYY-1924_NYY-1925_NYY-1926_NYY-1927_NYY-1928_NYY-1929_NYY-1930_NYY-1931_NYY-1932_NYY-1933_NYY-1934_NYY-1935_BSN