“It was very important to me to say ‘Thank you’ to the fan base,” said Buster Posey. “I never thought this was about me. This was about me being a part of something.”
Giants catcher Buster Posey, pictured here on the day he announced his retirement, played his entire 13-year career with San Francisco, help lead the team to 3 World Series Championships, receiving multiple awards and accolades for his achievements. For Buster Posey, participating in Saturday’s celebration of his Giants career was the least he could do.
Posey didn’t feel at all as if he was doing the fans a favor by consenting to this appearance. Rather, he believed that he owed them a chance to express themselves after having reveled in his performance since September, 2009 — a tenure that featured seven All-Star selections, a National League batting title and Most Valuable Player award in 2012 and the franchise’s first three World Series triumphs since it moved to San Francisco in 1958.
Thus, when he had the opportunity to help lead the Giants to World Series titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014, the template for his motivation had long since developed.
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