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RandomFan

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After watching Buster Posey get trucked on a play at the plate last night, and now facing a possible DL stint because of it, I have to ask why this play is allowed in baseball? It just seems so out of place in the game. Nothing about baseball makes it a contact sport until all of a sudden there's a play at home, and then, boom, it turns into an NFL play.

What are your thoughts on this? I think running over the catcher should be out-lawed.
 
It was his choice to try to block the plate. If he was worried for his safety, he could have taken a different approach to get the out. If you don't block, the runner most likely won't launch and will just slide.
 
I think they should make it legal at all bases if it's legal at home, imagine spearing the second baseman into the ground to break up a double play, now that's action.
 
If you don't want to be run over, get the **** out of the way. You want to require the baserunner to dance around the most direct path to the plate?
 
The Twins might argue that there is too much contact at 2nd base while turning double plays.
 
3TrueFans said:
I think they should make it legal at all bases if it's legal at home, imagine spearing the second baseman into the ground to break up a double play, now that's action.
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The runner has the right to try and reach the base. The issue at second base is not the same for a couple of reasons. First, you have to stay on the base so plowing over it and the fielder isn't kosher. Second, most runners don't want to risk getting the ball launched into thier teeth. There still are some collisions there from trying to take out the throw but not usually as hard.
 
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drmwevr08 said:
The runner has the right to try and reach the base. The issue at second base is not the same for a couple of reasons. First, you have to stay on the base so plowing over it and the fielder isn't kosher. Second, most runners don't want to risk getting the ball launched into thier teeth. There still are some collisions there from trying to take out the throw but not usually as hard.
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I'm just saying, if the shortstop knows I'm coming at him Ray Lewis style he may make a poor throw. I'm out anyways so I don't care about staying on the base, I just don't want him to make a good throw, piledriving him into the dirt would be a pretty effective way to do that I'd think.
 
GoCubsGo said:
If you don't want to be run over, get the **** out of the way. You want to require the baserunner to dance around the most direct path to the plate?
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I need to watch the replay again, but I didn't think Posey was blocking the plate. It looked to me like the runner could have scored with a slide, but instead decided to take the catcher out.
 
Ya, it should just be an automatic out if the catcher steps on home plate! What the heck do you want the runner to do if the plate is being blocked? Thats the risk the catcher has deal with when blocking the plate.
 
gocubs2118 said:
Ya, it should just be an automatic out if the catcher steps on home plate! What the heck do you want the runner to do if the plate is being blocked? Thats the risk the catcher has deal with when blocking the plate.
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Disagree. He could have stood of the plate and when Cousins slid he could have tagged him.
 
RandomFan said:
I need to watch the replay again, but I didn't think Posey was blocking the plate. It looked to me like the runner could have scored with a slide, but instead decided to take the catcher out.
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If posey would've been up on his feet rather than sitting on the top of his foot then he would've been fine. His foot got caught up underneath his body and he injured his ankle.

Its too bad but not that bad of a play.
 
gocubs2118 said:
Ya, it should just be an automatic out if the catcher steps on home plate! What the heck do you want the runner to do if the plate is being blocked? Thats the risk the catcher has deal with when blocking the plate.
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Wait was that sarcasm?
 
How many people enjoy the NFL policies protecting quarterbacks following Brady's injury?
 
Chipper said:
How many people enjoy the NFL policies protecting quarterbacks following Brady's injury?
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They suck, which is why I think there should be more collisions, not less. Close play trying to leg out a double? Don't slide like a wimp, knock that dude out!
 
There is a huge difference in a take out slide into 2nd and railroading a catcher at the plate. at 2nd base the players are not blocking the runner from reaching the base. At home the catcher is in the base path. The runner has the right to go into the catcher in this situation.
 
They're pro athletes. A catcher with pads can take a couple of hits a year.

If the catcher isn't blocking the plate and the runner decides to truck him, that's a completely different story.
 
Posey didn't block the plate the proper way. If he would have kept is foot on the ground instead of going to his knee none of this would have happened. Im just chalking it up to freak accident.
 
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