Edited sentence: " apparently unaware that pictures and replays show a clear lane to the plate.After the incident Cousins said "If I saw a clean lane to slide, that's the play I'm making.Nevertheless Cousin's appears proud of his hard nose playing style "I knew I hit him really hard".On May 26, 2011, Cousins intentionally hit with all the force he could Buster Posey who was not blocking the plate on a close play at the plate.Pictures show conclusively that Posey was not blocking the plate.Posey suffered a season ending fracture and ligament damage.Read more:.Replays show Cousins decided very early on his charge to the plate to go after the catcher instead of make an effort to touch the plate - in clear violation of MLB rule 7.08 (2)