Hard questions, harder conversations

Tigers 8, Giants

How do you feel, Buster Posey?

And how do you, fellow reader, feel about Buster Posey?

I’ve been wrestling with those questions for almost two years, never more so than Saturday.

Thousands gathered at Oracle Park for a walk down memory lane. Highlights rolled, speeches rang out, and the Giants enshrined Posey and four of his championship teammates into the Wall of Fame.

It was not a day just about Posey. But so many of them have been since October 1, 2024.

The day after he took the Giants’ top job, I wondered: Why put a franchise icon in this position—a job that almost always ends in failure?

The question was rooted in self-defense. Me, the fan whose formative years were stamped by Posey’s title teams, wanting to protect his legacy.

A legacy that, for now, is mixed. Can you separate his brilliance as a player from his blunders as an executive?

Can he?

Can I?

I don’t know yet.

Up next: The 2012 World Series rematch comes to a close. Logan Webb (7-7, 3.74 ERA) will take the mound on a Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park. What more could you want? First pitch at 1:05 pm.