Posey’s inevitable collision course

Covering the spectrum of players worth watching in baseball'sspring camps: Buster Posey : We won't see this until theseason starts, but it's coming - the inevitable collision at homeplate. The Giants can talk all they want aboutPosey not blocking the plate, but he can't be planted to the side,swiping with his glove, on every play. There will be a time when he has secured the ball, his footworkis perfect two critical flaws in the Scott Cousins collision, andhere comes a baserunner with his team down by a run, two outs inthe ninth inning. He has to score that run, and he knows damn wellhe'll look like an idiot trying to execute a hook slide against awell-prepared catcher. That's when survival instincts takehold.