Major Injury Should Not Set Precedent For Rule Changes

After last night's collision at home plate between Florida Marlins' Scott Cousins and Giants' star catcher Buster Posey, there seems to be some outcry for changes, possibly in the rules. Well, the play was within the rules. Cousins' job was to score a run and Posey's job was to be in a position to prevent the run from scoring. It's very unfortunate that the play yielded a significant injury, as Posey is expected to miss a significant amount of games. There was no obstruction or interference on the play, and aggressive base running is too subjective and cloudy for umpires to determine the intent (beyond trying to score a run of course, and avoid being tagged). No changes should come from this occurrence, despite the unfortunate injury to a great contributor to both sides of an inning for the Giants.