Due to the catastrophic injury, one of the San Francisco Giants’ best players has officially declared his retirement.
SAN FRANCISCO Farhan Zaidi, president of baseball operations for the Giants, stayed longer than usual at his gate on Thursday after his flight touched down at San Francisco International Airport. A portion of Zaidi remained in denial, unable to acknowledge that he was going to witness the greatest catcher in Giants history give up the game.
Zaidi attempted to put off the realization for as long as possible, even during the official announcement of Buster Posey’s Major League Baseball retirement later that afternoon while he was sitting on the dais at Oracle Park.
“Maybe this is not the appropriate moment, but I was just curious if this was a sure thing or not?” Zaidi asked in jest.
Without Posey, the seven-time All-Star who became the cornerstone of San Francisco’s three World Series victories in the previous ten years, it is difficult to envision the Giants. Many were taken aback by Posey’s decision, but in reality, the 34-year-old veteran knew going into this past season that 2021 would mark the end of what was probably a Hall of Fame career.
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Posey remarked, “I kind of felt like this last season might be my last.” “I simply allowed myself mental room to accept that, should I choose to continue playing, if that’s what I wanted to do. I simply never faltered at all. I believe it really helped me this year to really, truly empty the tank like I’ve never done before.
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Posey responded by having one of his best seasons in his twelve-year career, leading the Giants to a record-tying 107 victories and their first National League West crown since 2012. Posey batted.304 with an.889 OPS and 18 home runs. Though the Giants would have been happy to exercise his $22 million club option for 2022, Posey ultimately made the decision to retire at the peak of his abilities, citing a desire to spend more time with his family while his health was still good.
Posey stated, “I want to be able to do more stuff with my family from February to November, which is why I’m retiring.” “It’s physically much harder now, and to be honest, when you’re dealing with physical pain on a daily basis, it’s hard to enjoy it as much.”
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Posey previously demonstrated his devotion to his family by choosing not to participate in the pandemic-shortened ’20 campaign following the premature July 2020 birth of twin girls, Ada and Livvi, that he and his wife, Kristen, adopted. Lee and Addison, the couple’s other set of twins, turned ten years old recently.
In his opening remarks, Posey acknowledged his family with a voice that carried emotion. He thanked Kristen for “the love and support from the first game to the last” and remarked that raising his four children is “the greatest joy in my life.”
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In order to prove that he could return to his peak, Posey was driven to play in 2021. He succeeded in doing so by taking home the Sporting News National League Comeback Player of the Year Award for the second time in his career.
