Today, the Giants gave out the following statement from Buster Posey concerning Scott Cousins:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 4, 2011

STATEMENT FROM BUSTER POSEY

“I appreciate the continued support of Giants fans and others as I begin the process of working my way back. But in no way do I condone threats of any kind against Scott Cousins or his family.

As I said last week, I’m not out to vilify Scott. I appreciate that he made the effort to reach out to me on the night of the play, but I was in no physical condition to talk to anyone. I have not been back with the team since that night, so I haven’t even been aware of any other messages he’s left for me. We all need to move on, so it isn’t necessary to have a conversation with him at this point.

My only focus right now is looking forward, getting healthy and returning to catching for the Giants.”

– GIANTS –

OK, got that? It’s good that Posey is trying to ratchet down the tension and the threats vis a vis Scott Cousins. But there’s something phony about this message. Posey says there’s no need to talk to Cousins because he wants to move on. No. Actually, you talk to someone so you can move on. And I’m sure Posey, or whoever wrote this, knows that.

It would have been better for Posey to tell the truth: “I am still emotionally stressed and I’m hurting physically and I’m not yet ready to talk to Scott Cousins.”

That would have been honest and it would have been better.