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Baseball's most important joint is the mending left ankle of a young catcher in San Francisco, a hinge upon which the Giants' playoffs hopes this year might, well, hinge.
Buster Posey suffered a fracture in his lower left fibula and severely strained ligaments in his ankle when the Marlins' Scott Cousins collided with him while he attempted to block the plate in the 12th inning of a tied game last May 25. The injury set off a firestorm across the baseball world as players, managers, coaches, executives, writers and TV talking heads discussed endlessly the merits of blocking the plate and new measures to protect catchers.
When that maelstrom faded, however, left behind was a Giants lineup lacking a leader and a run producer and a player facing a long process of...
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