FiliBuster

Many people probably don't realize that today is a special day in San Francisco Giants history. On May 28, 2010 Giants management decided to call up Gerald Demp Posey from the minor league system. At that point the Giants were 25-22 and trying to keep their heads above water. Coaches/owners knew that they needed an offensive jolt and so they brought up Posey who would eventually force out veteran Bengie Molina.

The Giants finished their 2010 championship season with 92 wins and 70 losses. If you do the math, after Posey came up the Giants were 67-48. Were there many other key components to their post-Posey record? Of course. Would they have made the playoffs and won the World Series without him? No chance. Here is his stat line: .305 BA 18 HR 67RBI 124 Hits 23 2B's. How do the Giants replaces 124 hits? One weird stat is that he averaged one RBI per win.

Buster Posey has yet to play a full season worth of games. Posey has appeared in a total of 160 games and that will remain until he recovers from his injuries. All of a sudden 2011 feels like 2010 all over again. Baseball deja vu.

On May 25, 2011 Posey was tackled by Scott Cousins in the bottom of the 12th at AT&T. He severely strained the ligaments in his left ankle and fractured his fibula. Almost exactly on the anniversary of his 2010 arrival. How do you Fill in for a Buster? The Giants are currently 28-23 and find themselves hanging on to first place in a weak NL West division.

Crawford, Belt, and Stewart are now up from the minors. Crawford hit a grand slam in his first major league at bat - not done by a Giant since a one Bobby Bonds did it in 1968. Who was on base? McCovey, Mays, and Hart. Giants will look for some new life from Crawford and Belt amidst the tired looking group of vets. Belt's prodigal son moment should interesting as I believe he will be starting tomorrow - his first game of his second coming.

The same way that Posey injected life into the Giants in 2010, Belt/Crawford will need to do the same. It's a tall order but this Giants team will live or die by it. The Giants are currently 1-2 since Posey went down and everyone will be paying attention to those post-Posey stats. Can the Giants recover from losing their best position player or will they have postposey depression? That remains to be seen but this team is not known to give up. If 2011 turns out to be 2010 we have a lot more great baseball to come.

Here's a retro Buster Posey FSU video. Check out his stats at the beginning of the video - unreal. Also listen to the announcer saying "Are you watching Major League Baseball?". Oh and the Buster chant is great, surprised it hasn't been picked up in SF.