Buster Posey gets leveled in home-plate collision...

[BaltimoreTerp]

Good take by Bobby Valentine about the Posey play, saying there will not be a rule change but there should be change in organizational teaching about how to use one hand instead of 2 to catch the ball and swipe tag (like Wieters) thus avoid blocking the plate.

The more i watch that play the more i am convinced that the runner should of been suspended like they do in football. The runner went out of his way to take out Posey and even went in high and made contact with his head. In Football you get fined and or suspended for just such plays where the player is defenseless and you hit him in the helmet (head).

Those of you that think the runner had no choice because the catcher was blocking the plate, well i ask you this, isn't the runner still obligated to try and touch the plate? Just when did Cousins try and touch the plate? Yes, after he tried taking Posey's head off! That was not a clean play!

Cousins had one thing on his mind and that was to take out the catcher not to touch the plate.

See, that's what I believe: the runner should be trying to touch the plate if at all possible, but if the catcher is full-on in the way they are fair game.

Supposedly there was a play in the Rangers game today where Mike Napoli was dead-to-rights trying to score, but slid under the catcher, who was bracing for impact, to score the winning run (and even better, the umpire actually made the right call).

[ledzepp8]

Good take by Bobby Valentine about the Posey play, saying there will not be a rule change but there should be change in organizational teaching about how to use one hand instead of 2 to catch the ball and swipe tag (like Wieters) thus avoid blocking the plate.

The more i watch that play the more i am convinced that the runner should of been suspended like they do in football. The runner went out of his way to take out Posey and even went in high and made contact with his head. In Football you get fined and or suspended for just such plays where the player is defenseless and you hit him in the helmet (head).

Those of you that think the runner had no choice because the catcher was blocking the plate, well i ask you this, isn't the runner still obligated to try and touch the plate? Just when did Cousins try and touch the plate? Yes, after he tried taking Posey's head off! That was not a clean play!

Cousins had one thing on his mind and that was to take out the catcher not to touch the plate.

There's absolutely no way you could fine someone for colliding with the catcher. You're talking unprotected vs protected.

[fansince71]

There's absolutely no way you could fine someone for colliding with the catcher. You're talking unprotected vs protected.

Sure you could, Selig can fine any player.