Opinions full of Posey

To my three followers, I apologize for the hiatus. Last semester of school has been a killer. Now I am here in Sweden with a lot of free time and will be writing a lot more for this blog.

Over the next few days, I will be writing about a few topics that have gotten me into very heated discussions. I'll try to cover each topic in the order of which it has come to light, publicly.

The first issue I'd like to touch on is that of Buster Posey's season-ending leg injury.

A lot has been said, from both standpoints, about the maliciousness and intent of Scott Cousins football hit on Buster Posey. Someone get that man an NFL contract. Safeties never wrap up in the NFL anyway, but I digress.

This baseball fan says, 'get over it.'

This type of thing happens every year. It's a shame that people have blown it so out of proportion because it was Buster Posey. I bet if this happened to Eli Whiteside, people wouldn't have made as big a stink out of it. Sorry Eli.

Look, I get it. Buster Posey is good for baseball. The game will no doubt suffer from his injury, but there's nothing in the rulebook saying Scott Cousins can't try to score through someone that gets in the way.

What bothers me even more is that MLB is making such a huge deal about considering to implement new rules to protect the catcher. Then why is Pete Rose's crash into Ray Fosse in the 1970 all-star game considered one of the greatest moments in all-star history according to MLB.com (see for yourself)? The collision caused Fosse to separate his shoulder. It's considered the greatest moment because it was a great play and was indictative of how Pete Rose approached baseball.

Then, Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics, instigates more controversy by publicly telling his starting catcher, Kurt Suzuki, to stop making plays in front of the plate. I won't pick on Billy Beane too much though. It's probably hard to fire the best man at your wedding.

After all that, the San Francisco Giants GM Brian Sabean has the audacity to say, "...if I never hear from Cousins again, or he doesn't play another day in the big leagues, I think we'll all be happy." about Cousins in the media. Speak for yourself. As if the man hasn't been vilified enough. I find it wildly unprofessional for anyone to wish bad fortune like that on somebody, especially if you generally manage a major league baseball team.

Reality: Posey was out of position and in the way. As a catcher, you should never be fielding a play like that from your knees. If you want to protect your poster child from plays like that happening that badly, then put him at first base.

Another reality: Scott Cousins isn't as thin as the foul line. So if you're standing in the vicinity of the base path, in front of the plate, then you will get hit. Bottom line. It was not malicious a play.

I hope that Posey has a healthy recovery and at least returns to full strength by next season. But don't make Cousins the bad guy for playing baseball the way it's supposed to be played.