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Bench: Posey put himself in bad spot

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09:01 AM ET 06.05 | Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench said Buster Posey "put himself in such a bad position" before he was trampled by Scott Cousins in his season-ending collision. In an interview with the Tulsa World, Bench said he teaches catchers to move off the plate before a close play to make the runner think about sliding instead of colliding.

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Johnny Bench, Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Johnny Bench, Jim McIsaac/Getty Images
June 5, 2011  09:22 AM ET

Take it from Johnny!!!!!!!!!

Baseball's been played the same way for a very long time.... Now all of a sudden (cause a high profile Catcher gets hurt) we're gonna change the game?

If a high profile pitcher takes a come backer off the Melon are we gonna put pitchers behind screens?

Preach on Johnny!!!!!!!

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June 5, 2011  10:00 AM ET
QUOTE(#3):

Looks like Johnny's a little stoned with those pitch-black sunglasses...............good for him.

Could be... He's gotta ease the pain from being "Run Over" so many times :-)

June 5, 2011  10:09 AM ET
QUOTE(#3):

Looks like Johnny's a little stoned with those pitch-black sunglasses

Another Blues Brother maybe?

June 5, 2011  10:09 AM ET

Bench knows what he is talking about. Posey should have been towards the pitchers's mound, not in the baseline.

June 5, 2011  10:13 AM ET

That is a pic of Jim Belushi - c'mon ;)

June 5, 2011  10:31 AM ET

So it is said...so it is written

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June 5, 2011  11:03 AM ET

What will be next? Putting a screen up in front of the picher! So the poor little picther will not get hit my a line drive!

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June 5, 2011  11:10 AM ET

Better yet PUT IN A SECOND HOME PLATE FOR THE RUNNER.Also NO SLIDEING. Also the runner can over run a base,because their is NO SLIDEING do to the fact someone could get hurt.Make the game like playing in over 50 year old slow pitch softball leauge.

June 5, 2011  12:26 PM ET

Hopefully this will stop some of the crying about all this.

June 5, 2011  12:34 PM ET
QUOTE(#14):

Hopefully this will stop some of the crying about all this.

Hopefully but probably not.

June 5, 2011  12:35 PM ET
QUOTE(#14):

Hopefully this will stop some of the crying about all this.

Mondo, how do you post an image? It's something like , right?

June 5, 2011  12:36 PM ET

hmmmm

June 5, 2011  12:39 PM ET

Atro. You must use the quote box and then you: <img src="link">

Use tiny url for the link.

Try that...

June 5, 2011  12:39 PM ET

Intent to interfere:

June 5, 2011  12:40 PM ET

take 2:

<img src="http://tinyurl.com/4y2lwms">

June 5, 2011  12:40 PM ET

Wait...it looks like Atro is still working the case. He must know something the great J Bench doesn't.

 
June 5, 2011  12:41 PM ET

What went wrong there?

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