It certainly is an embarrassment for the franchise and it's fan base. They're issuing death threats to a guy who did everything under the rules of Major League Baseball. Scott Cousins did absolutely everything right, and has been said numerous times, if Posey makes that catch - Cousins is out by a country mile. If he were to slide into home and be out by 10 ft, Cousins would be on the first plane back to AAA.
It's unfortunate that it happened to one of the leagues biggest stars - but it's baseball. Same thing happened to Carlos Santana last year - were Indian fans clammoring for rule changes and heads to roll? Nope. The same thing happened to a catcher (forget who it was), days later - was barely even talked about. Unfortunate - yes. But by no means does Cousins deserve the verbal backlash from Giants fans/employees. Played the game the way it should be played.
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