Cousins received death threats, defended Morrison team-mate

8:47 PM Posted by Mario Galarza

MIAMI--MLB rookie Scott cousins has death threats despite excused were received for a collision with San Francisco Giants star Buster Posey again and again.

The collision at home plate during a game left May 26 Posey with a broken bone in his lower left leg and three torn ligaments in his ankle. He had surgery and is carried out for the season.

Giants General Manager Brian Sabean criticized cousins on his weekly radio show on KNBR this week the game calling from malicious and unnecessary. Sabean also said that "if I never again hear of cousins, or he I think not on another day in the big leagues play, we all will be happy."

"He chose a hero in my mind," Sabean said. "If that is his Flash fame, that is, getting as well, going to how it is, pal." "We will have a long memory."

Major League Baseball has received these comments the attention, and executive Vice President of baseball operations Joe Torre with Sabean said on Friday. The Giants one say also explanation Sabean's comments were out of frustration, and the GM has been trying to reach and cousins.

"We want to talks last week incident beyond and our attention to Buster's full recovery and on our world series title to defend," said the team in the statement.

Cousins also a declaration Friday and again apologized for the collision.

Cousins declaration one on Friday in which he again apologized for the collision.

"I hope and believe that comments in the heat of the moment was Mr. Sabean and based more on his love of Buster Posey as on a dislike for me," said cousins in the statement. "This situation is still an open wound for many I." "As I have said, no one believes outside of Buster of still aggravated his injury as I."

Cousins said he has tried, contact Posey but was not successful.

"But I believe that the game clean and completely was within the rules of the game," said cousins. "On and on to explain that I would hurt another player for some reason never intentionally the minds of those changes not to doubt that my sincerity or intent."

"I have a responsibility to me my teammates and my organization, the game hard." "This is what get me to the major leagues, and I hope that is what is here to keep me."

Logan Morrison on Sabean's comments: 'It's ignorant, it's inappropriate and he has no idea what the hell he's talking about.' (AP) Logan Morrison to Sabean's comments: ' it is ignorant, it is inappropriate, and he has no idea what the hell he is. " (AP) Giants President Larry Baer he spoke with Marlins President David Samson on Friday of Sabean's comments." Baer said also Sabean said Larry leg fixed with Florida GM and tried calling cousins itself was however unsuccessful.

"It is still a pretty raw emotional time for us," said Baer. "I mean to lose [Posey] for the season, a guy who means so much to us." Having said that, we look forward and we look forward to Buster's recovery. "We are certainly the business about the incident and revisiting to speak differently than we think that it is healthy dialogue to talk, what can be done to protect the players."

Posey felt cousins slipped around him could have, but also said it was a legal game.

Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison came to cousins on Friday on Siruis/XM Radio, call defense in an interview Sabean "Wild unprofessional" for the call from his team-mate.

"When he played in the big league?" "If, in which he played minor league?" Morrison, said. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but he has never in a situation like that." It is terrible.

"Why you want something like this would on someone?" Morrison continued. "He is always death threats from people." This is his hometown, San Francisco. He is concerned about his family and his friends, who are there. And now is [Sabean] to comments like that? It is ignorant, it is inappropriate, and he has no idea what the hell he is. "

Florida Manager Edwin RODRIGUEZ said before Friday game against the Milwaukee Brewers, that he not his young outfielder to defend because cousins do not anything wrong.

"As a team, we have nothing to say," RODRIGUEZ said. "If people want to make the speeches, they should speak."

The Giants visit the Marlins for a three-game series in August.


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