So I’m sure the readers of this site have already heard of the Buster Posey-Scott Cousins collision at home plate during the Giants-Marlins game last week. Being a San Francisco Bay Area native and a huge Giants fan, this is crippling. I mean he was the only player who was hitting at least somewhat consistently. Then again the Giants aren’t known for their hitting. I could yap on and on about the implications of the injury to the team’s offense, but I would like to focus on the home plate collision issue that’s been raised because of this incident.
Personally, I don’t think there was anything malicious in Cousins’ slide. It was a normal play at the plate and sometimes catchers or runners get hurt in that situation. I know some might expect me to rail against the play because of my Giants loyalty, but having seen it a few times and reading about Cousins’ reaction, I’m not mad at him. Imagine how bad he feels? He went to University of San Francisco for college of all places.(Source)
What I want to know is how the citizens of GuysNation feel on the subject? Was it clean? Does Cousins deserve some sort of punishment?
If catchers are going to be allowed to guard the plate, I think runners should be able to do this… and I don’t know of any way they could make a rule about NOT allowing catchers to guard the plate.
I definitely don’t think he was intentionally trying to hurt him, and if you see just after the collision, Cousins definitely tries to see if he’s okay.