It's time to pat Buster Posey on the back! Again!
It was just the other day that our boy Buster hit a 500-foot blast. Oh, yeah, the huge centerfield scoreboard in Milwaukee, "jumped up" and knocked the ball down at 436 feet. In reality the true dimensions of Posey's "blast" were historic. It wasn't a surprise. In 2008 he was Amateur Player of the Year as he (heroically) took over at catcher for Florida State. In 2009, Buster won the Minor League Player of the Year award. In 2010 Posey may have had the most valuable individual season by any... Sign in to see full entry.