Giants Swept but Suffer a Bigger Loss

The Giants recent home activity has not been so good. After sweeping their cross bay rivals over the weekend, they have been swept by the Florida Marlins with the last game of that series just ending at 1-0 for Florida. However, in game 2 of this series the Giants suffered a much bigger loss. In extra innings (more precisely the 12th), Scott Cousins ran into Giants Catcher, Buster Posey, at home plate and would score the winning run as a result. Unfortunately, Buster Posey did not get up from big collision, but stayed on the ground in agony. Buster twisted his left ankle/leg on the play and couldn't walk off the field. He has now been diagnosed with a fractured bone in the lower left leg and will likely miss the rest of the season.

WHY!!! He was doing much better at the plate. We were getting our Buster back. And now our star is gone for the year. I already miss him.

But an interesting point is brought up: should these big collisions at the plate even happen? It's been part of the game forever but why? Of course, the part of me that is angry that my star is out for the year is saying this but it's at least worth a crazed ranting. You don't see collisions at every other base. You don't see Jose Reyes stealing second and clocking the guy out there. I know home plate has different rules and it implies scoring but it's just my observation.

Maybe I'm making too big of deal out of this. It's sad that Posey is out but these home plate collisions don't happen every game or every week for that matter. They are a rare occurrence and are just part of the game's history. There was also a player on the Marlins that did say that Posey would do the same thing Cousins did to score at home.

Still, just because the guy who's injured would do the same thing isn't exactly the greatest defense. Baseball should take a long look at these collisions and consider the ramifications. I, myself, don't know whether these hits should be banned but they are worth looking into.

P.S. Get well soon, Buster.