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Marlins players reacted angrily to comments made by Giants General Manager Brian Sabean about Scott Cousins, saying they have lost respect for Sabean and he should be held responsible if anything happens to their teammate.

Cousins has received death threats since his home plate collision with Giants catcher Buster Posey May 25 in San Francisco resulted in a season-ending injury to Posey.

The Marlins believe Sabean is fanning the flames with comments he made during a radio interview Thursday in which he called the collision “malicious,” adding, “If I never hear from Cousins again or he never plays another game in the big leagues, I think we’ll all be happy.”

The Giants released a statement Friday afternoon saying Sabean has reached out to Cousins and has been in contact with Marlins President Larry Beinfest “to clarify his comments and to assure him that there is no ill-will” toward Cousins.

“Brian Sabean’s comments (Thursday) were said out of frustration and out of true concern for Buster and were not meant to vilify Scott Cousins,” the statement read.

Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison said Sabean “should be liable” for his comments.

“For him to come out and say something like that is just showing no compassion for a human being,” Morrison said. “This goes above baseball, this is life and death.”

Aside from anger over Sabean’s comments, Morrison and outfielder Chris Coghlan are angry at Posey for not acknowledging Cousins’ apology. Cousins wrote Posey a two-page letter and he has attempted to contact him by phone.

“It’s troubling that (Posey) couldn’t at least have the decency to say, ‘hey I appreciate that you care,’ Coghlan said. “I think it portrays anger to the fans.”

“I have animosity toward Sabean for the comments he made. I have animosity toward Posey,” Morrison said.

Third baseman Wes Helms called the comments “Little League.”

Marlins officials declined comment though a team spokesperson and although Cousins was not available to comment Friday, he responded through his agent, Matt Sosnick.

“I hope and believe that Mr. Sabean’s comments were made in the heat of the moment and are based more on his fondness for Buster Posey than on any animosity towards me,” Cousins said in the statement. “This situation is still an open wound for many, including myself.”

Cousins, who lives in San Francisco, added that “nobody outside of Buster feels worse about his injury than I do.” He reiterated that he believes the play was within the rules and he has a “responsibility to myself, my teammates and my organization to play the game hard.”

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“He doesn’t know what Scott is going through,” Coghlan said about Sabean. “He doesn’t know what people say to his family. He doesn’t know how people treat him in San Francisco now.”

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“And if he doesn’t like the rules, get in a different game,” Morrison said about Sabean. “If it was me running, I would have tried to put [Posey] in the third row of the stands and not thought twice about it. .”