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The collision is widely seen as pushing Major League Baseball to adopt rule 7.13 regarding blocking the plate prior to the 2014 season, informally known as the "Buster Posey Rule". Posey returned from his injury in 2012 and caught Matt Cain's perfect game, batted .336 to win the 2012 NL batting title and was voted the 2012 NL MVP.
Buster has the demeanor, intelligence and drive to do this job, and we are confident he and (manager) Bob Melvin will work together to bring back winning baseball to San Francisco."
Posey has a vision for what he wants a competitive team to look like. Six of his first full MLB seasons saw the Giants finish with a winning record, and three ended with World Series titles.
Next stop for Buster Posey: The Baseball Hall of Fame.
Cain appeared to look around. Gazing at the upper deck. But now looking into Buster Posey. One ball and two strikes. On the ground, [Joaquín] Arias, from deep third, got him! And that's a perfect game! And the Giants, mobbing Matt Cain on the pitcher's mound! What an unbelievable performance, by Matt Cain.
Buster Posey joined the San Francisco Giants' board of directors after retiring as a player in 2022 and has recently taken a more active role in contract negotiations with talent.
The Buster Posey Award, formerly known as the Johnny Bench Award, was created in 2000 to honor college baseball's top catcher in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The award is administered by the Wichita Sports Commission and presented after the conclusion of the College World Series .
Buster Posey is going back to school at age 36. The retired San Francisco Giants catcher has a year’s worth of online coursework remaining to complete his degree in social science at Florida ...