Someone Please Save Buster Olney from Himself
My general distaste for all-things Buster Olney is about as well known as LeBron James is tirelessly pompous.
THAT'S A WHOLE LOT!!!
So after Buster Posey's devastating injury suffered during a home plate collision with Florida Marlin Scott Cousins Thursday night, I shouldn't have been so surprised that Olney would come out with some stupidly fandangled approach to squash any potential collision-based injuries.
Ban home plate collisions? What are you talking about, Buster? It was a freak accident. Ban home plate collisions!?!
Why don't we ban pitching inside too!?!
And we should ban breaking up the double play on a hard slide into second!?!
How about we ban walk-off celebrations and ban beer in the grandstands, JUST FOR FUN!?!
EFF THE WORLD! YOU'RE ON A ROLL, BUSTER!
No one likes to see people get hurt. No one. But guess what: it happens. People get hurt playing baseball all the time. Sometimes they get seriously hurt. It sucks. There's no denying it.
But that still doesn't make it okay to go off and make drastic rule changes to the game, just because you and your worldwide leader in smut want blog traffic.
Hate me 'cuz it ain't sugarcoated, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
Peace,
Jeff
PS. Things might be different had you not "broken" that story on Ryan Howard for Pujols a while back. You lost all respect from me -- and many other knowledgeable baseball folk, I imagine -- after that.
