Giants’ catcher Buster Posey’s leg was broken last night in a collision at home plate. Watch a video of the collision as well as a discussion on the wisdom of allowing catchers to be exposed to severe injury during plays at the plate.
Update May 28: Yesterday Posey participated in a conference call with three local sportswriters. Transcript of that call plus a video of another violent collision at the plate Posey got the worst of back when he was in the minor leagues, right here.
Update 3:25 p.m. After fans watched the collision at home between Scott Cousins and Buster Posey last night, they tweeted their dismay. Follow the course of events as expressed online in the following curation of tweets and other web material, put together by our Online Community Engagement Specialist Ian Hill.
http://storify.com/kqednews/buster-posey-injured