Buster posey retires9/17/2023 I think anybody that moves will have an adjustment period, good and bad. We made some really good friends and miss seeing them. But we definitely miss where we were living in the Bay Area. It’s been great to have a weekend when my brothers come up with their wives and kids. How has relocating back to Georgia been for you? What’s the latest with the family and the twins? How close is your new home to those guys? Is it “can I borrow a cup of sugar” close? We don’t get too serious, believe it or not, even with Vogey and his intensity in the mix. It’s nice to have golf buddies nearby that you know really well. I play with (Javier Lopez and Ryan Vogelsong) a lot. A good round for me might be mid-70s but the next day I’ll be in the mid-80s. My index is a 4.1 but my average score is more like an 81. So at least you’ve got some experience playing the wind. You’ve caught your share of foul pops in San Francisco. But I’d prefer that would be the only time. But I’ve watched a lot of that weather on TV over the years, so it was kind of cool to play in it. So I think that means my golf game has improved. I do think this time I was less worried about hurting people. (laughs) There’s some nerves involved playing in front of people. It was my second time playing in that tournament and I will say that playing in front of a crowd does not translate to golf for me. I played better the second and third rounds. (laughs) Well, first round was not very good. How’d you play in the AT&T Pro-Am at Pebble Beach? Let’s start out with the hard-hitting stuff. So we connected on the phone for another of those wide-ranging discussions. Even though he doesn’t have a locker at Scottsdale Stadium, it’s still spring training and he’s still Buster Posey and some unofficial traditions are worth preserving. He was planning out his post-baseball life long before he sensed it was coming to an end. But as he enters his second year of retirement, and his first as a Giants investor and executive board member, he’s still firmly in control of his life and his legacy. Posey is no longer putting down the signs from behind the plate. We’d even wade ever so lightly into societal or political topics. But we also touched on broader themes within the industry. We’d touch on who looks good in the rotation and how his hip/ankle/back was feeling and who would be surrounding him in the lineup. Giants pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in 103 days.Because Posey was such a big-picture thinker even in the earliest stages of his playing career, I always tried to make these spring interviews as wide-ranging as possible. How many days until pitchers and catchers report? So the Giants are absolutely screwed when it comes to the Dodgers, and they will be for years (JGrant Brisbee) Only time will tell.Įither way, Posey remains a Giant, and not just in our hearts. That’s pretty vague though, and could go in any direction, with Posey advising on baseball decisions, helping with prospect development, or even just working on community engagement and philanthropy. Shea also reported that Zaidi said an announcement on Posey’s next role could come next week, and that the Giants are speaking with the league about the details of Posey’s $3 million buyout, which suggests that perhaps the team would like to thank Posey by paying him that sum.Īn advisory role - something Bruce Bochy currently has - certainly would seem to be the obvious bet for Posey. Hopefully we can iron out those details in the next few days.” If he wants to remain connected to the organization, obviously it’s really important to us. Shea quotes Zaidi, who met with the media following the presser, as saying, “We’re working on an arrangement to keep Buster in the organization. Something as involved as a coach or a high-ranking front office member was clearly off the table.īut Posey did say he wants to remain involved - while kind of avoiding any potential timeline - and that he didn’t yet know the capacity.Īccording to John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle, president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi provided a little more clarity, and it looks like a new role for Posey is imminent. Posey said he was retiring to have more time with his family, and would be moving back to Georgia, where he and his wife Kristen are from, and where much of their family still lives. While many fans hoped that Posey would transition into a coaching role, he made it clear he wouldn’t. When San Francisco Giants legend Buster Posey announced his retirement from baseball on Thursday, it was clear that he wouldn’t be shifting over to a big role with the organization, as some people had speculated.
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