Buster Posey took to a modest press conference room on Thursday afternoon, joined at the table by his wife Kristen and three members of the San Francisco Giants front office. His first words into the microphone were remarkably blunt: “As you know, I’m here today announcing that I’m retiring.”
When The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly broke the news just over 24 hours prior that Posey would be announcing his retirement, I briefly felt bad for the Giants star. Here he was, addressing the press for the final time of thousands, making one of baseball’s biggest statements this offseason, and someone just tweeted out what he was going to say.