Bruce Bochy, manager of the San Francisco Giants, has told his all star catcher not to block the plate any longer. This is all because of the violent collision that Posey was involved in this past season where he tore three ligaments in his ankle and broke a bone in that same left leg.
I was really angry when I heard about this news. Catchers are supposed to block the plate, that's part of the job. How do you think Yogi Berra would have reacted if Casey Stengel would have told him not to block the plate? Yogi would have told him absolutely not, he would continually block the plate. The catchers job is to be a good defender, to manage the pitching staff, block wild pitches, call out defensive alignments. Their job is not to get out of the way of players trying to score.
A third base coach is a lot more likely to wave a guy home now on a play at the plate because he should know that Posey will be hesitant. Is this really what baseball has come to? Play the game the way its supposed to be played.
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