![]() “He's down to earth and we're very appreciative that he would spend this time coming back to allow us to have a day for him… “There are people that have probably had similar careers, but I don't know that there are people that have carried themselves the way he carried himself here and clearly beyond,” FSU head coach Link Jarrett said. 463 with 26 home runs and 93 runs batted in, winning the college baseball Triple Crown and the Golden Spikes Trophy.Īs a pro, he won three World Series rings, two NL Comeback Player of the Year awards and was a seven-time All Star in 12 years with the Giants before retiring in November of 2021.Īnd yet, on a day built to honor him, he was pushing the praise elsewhere. ![]() He’s one of the best players in FSU baseball – and possibly even college baseball – history. I feel like his should stand alone.”īy all accounts, that may be the perfect summation of Posey. I know the field is named after him, but I think so highly of 11 that it almost doesn’t feel right for my jersey to be there next to his. “If you would have told me as a 16-, 17-year old that one day I would have my jersey up there on the wall, I would have laughed at you. It's hard to put it into words…” Posey said. 8 became the fourth FSU jersey retired in the outfield at Dick Howser Stadium.Īnd he got to do it with his FSU head coach, Mike Martin Sr., who retired after the 2019 season, in attendance to honor him. He got to witness, along with his wife, Kristen, and four children, as his No. The former FSU baseball star and three-time World Series Champion with the San Francisco Giants made a rare appearance back at his alma mater Saturday. It was a day years in the making for honoring the Florida State legacy of Buster Posey. X2Nvb2tpZXNfd2luPXgnIHN0eWxlPSdkaXNwbGF5Om5vbmU7dmlzaWJpbGl0ĮTpoaWRkZW4nIHdpZHRoPScwJz48L2lmcmFtZT4KPC9ub3NjcmlwdD4KCgo= VE0tTUY2UFhYQycpOwo8元NjcmlwdD4KPG5vc2NyaXB0Pgo8aWZyYW1lIGhlĪWdodD0nMCcgc3JjPSdodHRwczov元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvīS9ucy5odG1sP2lkPUdUTS1NRjZQWFhDJmFtcDtndG1fYXV0aD1LaEg2aGVDĬG9XSlVIbnFWemRFYTd3JmFtcDtndG1fcHJldmlldz1lbnYtMSZhbXA7Z3Rt ICAgfSkod2luZG93LGRvY3VtZW50LCdzY3JpcHQnLCdkYXRhTGF5ZXInLCdH Zi5wYXJlbnROb2RlLmluc2VydEJlZm9yZShqLGYpOwogICAgICAgIHdpbmRvĭy5fZGlkQXN5bmNJbmplY3RHb29nbGVUYWdNYW5hZ2VyID0gdHJ1ZTsKICAg JyZndG1fcHJldmlldz0nKydlbnYtMScrJyZndG1fY29va2llc193aW49eCc7 Z3RtX2F1dGg9JysnS2hINmhlQ3BvV0pVSG5xVnpkRWE3dycrCiAgICAgICAg 元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbS9ndG0uanM/aWQ9JytpK2RsKycm ICAgIGo9ZC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KHMpLGRsPWwhPSdkYXRhTGF5ZXInPycmīD0nK2w6Jyc7ai5hc3luYz10cnVlO2ouc3JjPQogICAgICAgICdodHRwczov ![]() This whole thing is annoying.PHNjcmlwdD4KICAoZnVuY3Rpb24odyxkLHMsbCxpKXsKICAgICAgICBpZiAoĭ2luZG93Ll9kaWRBc3luY0luamVjdEdvb2dsZVRhZ01hbmFnZXIpIHJldHVyījsKICAgICAgICB3W2xdPXdbbF18fFtdO3dbbF0ucHVzaCh7J2d0bS5zdGFyĭCc6CiAgICAgICAgbmV3IERhdGUoKS5nZXRUaW1lKCksZXZlbnQ6J2d0bS5qĬyd9KTt2YXIgZj1kLmdldEVsZW1lbnRzQnlUYWdOYW1lKHMpWzBdLAogICAg ![]() If this is becoming annoying, well, it should be. It has been 22 grueling days since the owners chose to take their toys and go home. How many days has it been since the owners chose to lock out the players? The 10 best regular season games of the decade (December 31st, 2019 - The 2019 McCovey Chronicles staff) I don’t think they’ll retire his number, but I can’t say that I can see them issuing 55 to anyone else any time soon.īrandon Crawford/Brandon Belt: Unlikely, but who knows how the rest of their careers will play out or how their Hall of Fame campaigns will go.īuster Posey, though? In my book, retire that number on Opening Day. Lincecum was a lightning bolt of adrenaline when the team needed it most and is still one of the most beloved players in franchise history. The Giants have yet to issue his number to anyone else since he left after the 2015 season. And not everyone involved in the World Series dynasty era should, but some players who might never make it in the Hall of Fame have had a huge impact on the organization and the community that would make them deserving of that honor. So that opens the door for other players to have their numbers retired. But recently, the Giants retired Barry Bonds’ jersey number and he is, unfortunately, unlikely to get the votes he needs in his 10th and final attempt this year. Now, in the past, I would have said that that would depend on whether or not he ends up in the Hall of Fame (which is an argument I am not here to either have or witness). I was reading an article by Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic in which he answered reader questions, and an interesting topic came up about the San Francisco Giants retiring Buster Posey’s number.
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