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Purdy: Buster Posey’s body language tells you Strickland won’t be a Giant much longer

Oh, crap. Whatever. Why do I have to deal with this knucklehead?

Buster Posey can say whatever he wants with his mouth and his own words about what happened Sunday afternoon. Posey can put his own spin on the way Giants’ reliever Hunter Strickland’s purpose-pitch hit Washington Nationals’ star Bryce Harper in the butt and sparked a bench-clearing meltdown. But anyone who watched Posey’s body language during the play could see exactly what was happening inside his brain.

Really, dude? And you expect me to defend you after . . . that?

The unwritten rules of Major League Baseball decree that when an angry batter leaves the box and charges at the pitcher, the catcher is supposed to sprint out and make an effort to

hold back the batter before he reaches the mound.