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Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy was carted off the field Sunday after a violent collision at the plate with Houston's Jake Marisnick, and manager Brad Ausmus thinks the league should consider suspending the Astros outfielder.

Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was kidnapped at gunpoint at his home in Venezuela on Wednesday night. Little information is known about the abduction, but reports say that four men had driven past Ramos’ mother’s home before grabbing him and speeding away.

In the 12th inning of last night's Giants-Marlins game, San Francisco star catcher Buster Posey seriously injured his left ankle in a collision with Florida's Scott Cousins. That play was not the first time a catcher trying to block home plate suffered a serious injury.