I agree that outside pressure is what is making the commissioners office do anything. The rule to stop this has been around for a long time but never rarely enforced. I find it entirely odd that Odor got away with an almost identical play just days ago and they did nothing.
the injury makes people feel bad, then they demand justice and now Torre is afraid of looking like the NFL so the commissioners office reacts.
Rule should have been enforced decades ago but as usual it takes a major injury or 10 to get anything to change.