I bet you guys didn't know this about Buster Posey. For high school he went to Lee County, in Leesburg, GA,. For the baseball team he played short and pitched. But he stood out the most on the mound. Before his senior year he pitched in the World Junior Championship on Team USA that had Ike davis (New York Mets) Justin Uptin (Arizona Daimondbacks) and Andrew McCutchen (Pittsburg Pirates). At college (FL. State) he played only SS (shortstop) but in his sophmore year his coach had an idea to put him at catcher because he wouldn't have the footspeed of a major league short. He once played all NINE positions in one game in college and made the switch from short to Catcher very easily. Even in his first year in the big leagues he still shakes off signs from pitchers and makes sure his decisions are right. Matt Cain pitcher for the Giants said, "He was not afraid to jump right it. He just wanted to get right in." Even in his first year in a big league uniform I can see Posey being in A LOT of all-star games and a future hall of famer. He proved that to me when in the world series he cought on the winning team and getting the MVP.
-Hobbestar :)
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