This is not to say that Posey’s HOF credentials aren’t solid. (He will be eligible next year via the Golden Days Eras Committee.) I’d vote for Posey based solely on his sweeping, toreador tags at the plate.įreehan was on the HOF ballot one year, 1982, when he got two votes and was dropped from the ballot. He will get my vote, but I confess to being provincial, my opinion shaped by a decade of watching the guy work. Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show LessĪt the risk of being Debbie Downer, which is what Buster Posey once called me when I asked him a question he considered negative, is Posey really a lock for the Hall of Fame? Posey retired from baseball after the season. Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of4īuster Posey stops to take in the scene at Oracle Park after the Giants beat the Padres to win the National League West title. Posey is a seven-time All-Star catcher who has won three World Series championships with the San Francisco Giants. Henderson / Getty Images Show More Show Less 3 of4īuster Posey arrives at Oracle Park for a news conference to announce his retirement from Major League Baseball, Thursday, Nov. The Giants won the game 3-2 in eleven innings. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 03: Buster Posey #28 of the San Francisco Giants tags out Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers at home plate in the top of the 11th inning at Oracle Park on Septemin San Francisco, California. Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of4
San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey while playing San Diego Padres during MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
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