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Originally Posted by greymule
(3) crashed the catcher at home if he was anywhere near the plate, ball or not
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Jack Clark has a radio show each night on one of the talk radio channels, and I listen when the Cardinals aren't on the other station.
Last night, they were discussing the Posey incident. Jack prefaced by saying Posey wasn't a dirty player, so the story wouldn't apply to him; however, he said the players always found a way to crash into "dirty" catchers. He explicitly gave Mike Scioscia as an example. If you came home, Jack said that Mike would always find a way to hip check you or give you an elbow to the ribs, especially if there was no play being made on you. Jack said that because of this, players were always looking at ways to get the upper hand; he implied that injuring a "dirty" player was a goal of many other players.
Now, I don't know how true it is, but seeing video like you mention doesn't discredit what he said.