Letters to the Editor
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Girardi
But to me, that's just not the time to do it.
Of course not, Joe. It's your guy who got hurt.
It's major league baseball. It's open season on catchers. That's just the way it is. Spring training, regular season, all-star game, playoffs, whatever. Sure, outlaw the collision in college and high school, those guys aren't getting paid. But when it's your profession and the home plate collision is legal - well, you can't flip out when people run into the catcher.
Zimmer is 100% right.
I disagree with you, King, about the runner being at a disadvantage. Catchers legs and head are protected with hard plastic. Not their torso and shoulders. When a runner hits a catcher - he's not aiming low. And the catcher is a sitting duck. The guy who is running usually has some serious circular velocity going - while the catcher is just waiting for the mayhem.