Monday’s home opener at AT&T Park was supposed to be a great day, where baseball was back at 24 Willie Mays Plaza and the Giants began another season of chasing the ultimate goal, hoping to bring home their fourth ring of the decade. Those good feelings were pushed away in the first inning, when the San Francisco Giants and their fans watched superstar catcher and face of the franchise, Buster Posey, take a 94-mile-per-hour fastball off his helmet, sending him to the ground in a heap.
After regaining his facilities on the ground and returning to his feet, Posey was immediately pulled from the game and replaced by his new understudy, Nick Hundley.