Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
Emotions are still running high following the May 25 collision at home plate that resulted in a season-ending injury to San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey.
Giants general manager Brian Sabean was up front with his bitterness towards Scott Cousins of the Florida Marlins Thursday during a radio interview on KNBR of San Francisco, calling the contact “malicious.” Sabean said he didn’t blame Posey for refusing to return an apologetic phone call.
“Why not be hard nosed?” Sabean told the radio station. “If I never hear from Cousins again or he never plays another game in the big leagues, I think we’ll all be happy.”
Sabean didn’t back down off those words later in the interview, rather he left little doubt that the Giants are planning on exacting some on-field revenge against Cousins.
“Well, no,” Sabean told KNBR. “He chose to be a hero in my mind, and if that’s his flash of fame, that’s as good as it’s going to get, pal. We’ll have a long memory. Believe me, we’ve talked to (former catcher Mike) Matheny about how this game works. You can’t be that out-and-out overly aggressive. I’ll put it as politically as I can state it: There’s no love lost and there shouldn’t be.”
Cousins’ agent, Matt Sosnick, said he understood Sabean’s anger.
“It’s an emotional time for the Giants and I understand Brian’s disappointment,” Sosnick told ESPN.com’s Amy K. Nelson. “But his opinion is in the vast minority. It’s a play within the rules and I imagine his opinion would be vastly different if Posey ran over (Marlins catcher John) Buck on a legal play and Buck was injured.”
Sosnick confirmed to ESPN.com on Thursday night his client had received death threats since his collision with Posey last week, and MLB Security was notitified.
“It’s just enough,” Sosnick told ESPN.com of the criticism leveled at his client. “Scott can’t say (enough) he’s sorry that it happened.”
When reached on Thursday night, Cousins declined to comment on anything related to what Sabean said, and added, “I’ve said my piece. I feel horrible for Posey. The aftermath of this has not been fun.”
WRITTEN BY ESPN.com staff writer Amy K. Nelson contributed to this report & FULL STORY HERE
