Posey won’t have any extra safeguards

Buster Posey will put on his customary helmet, shinguards andchest protector when he gets behind the plate in a few months. Buthe won't get any additional safeguards in the rule book. Although Giants officials remain in favor ofa rule change that would protect catchers from being targeted inhome-plate collisions, the matter didn't come up officially at thewinter meetings last week in Dallas. It didn't get past Joe Torre,Major League Baseball's vice president for on-field operations. Torre heard out Giants manager Bruce Bochy inseveral phone calls over the summer but declined to recommend thatthe rules committee take up the matter.