When I read about alienated young people who turn to terrorism or go on shooting rampages, I wonder about these things. Where I live, this doesn't happen so much. These people were very involved in their community. She mentioned that her husband was member of a particular Kiwanis group, and he said he belonged to a different Kiwanis group. She talked about the tutoring program she ran for poor children, and he said, no, his group sponsored children's art fairs. My friend mentioned her church, and he said no, he was a member of a different congregation. The store owner and my friend recognized each other but couldn't exactly place where they had met. Last year, I went with a friend into a store in a larger town nearby. It has 12 churches, chapters of the Sons of the Confederacy and the NAACP, civic organizations including the Moose, the Masons, the Lions, the Key Club, the Vietnam Veterans of America, a Women's Club and a Pregnancy Resource Center.Ī couple years ago, Forbes magazine named Leesburg as the second best place in Georgia to raise a child, and I think there is something to that. Leesburg is a small town, about 3,000 people. He gave one of the MVP prizes, $10,000 in Louisville Slugger merchandise, to his high school team and has contributed money for larger projects there as well. He already had committed himself to be the guest speaker at a fundraiser for the school where his mother teaches. When he won the MVP in 2012, Posey was not available for the traditional award ceremony. He is seen sometimes at church with his grandparents. In the off-season, he can be found working out at the local YMCA. He married his high school girlfriend, and they have a place in the area where they spend time with their twin children. Posey retains his connection to his hometown. It's about standing in the box and hitting a grand slam in the playoffs and acting like 'that's what I should do with that pitch.'" For him, it's not about back flips or hoopla or loudness or grandstanding. "A lot of times people come in with a lot of flash, and the game humbles you and you play a certain way. "This is a very humbling game," a teammate once said. His batting average is consistently over. After spending most of 2011 recovering from a serious early-season ankle injury, he came back in 2012 to win the NL MVP. He was college baseball catcher of the year and the National League Rookie of the Year in 2010. Buster, I think he's just the hardest worker."īuster Posey's awards and stats are impressive. When Posey was called up by the Giants, his father told an interviewer, "I still think Sam is the most athletic of the (children.) She has the most tools. His sister, Samantha, was a standout softball player at Valdosta State, and his brothers both played Division 1 baseball. The difference with Buster is that he wanted to work on the things that aren't as much fun, where he really needed to improve." Posey's high school baseball coach was quoted saying this: "Most want to practice the things that they already do well. "I have heard that he used to hit 500 - some say 1,000 - balls each day when he was four or five years old, that he 'wanted' to hit that many balls."
"The local legend is that when he was in T-ball, with his father as coach, he kept hitting balls off the tee until even his father was too tired to pay attention," she said. I have friends and family in southwest Georgia, one of whom shared some Buster Posey lore. Some combination of his personality, his upbringing and the traditional values of his home town seem to have formed him into the careful, modest, driven athlete whom parents would like their children to emulate. Posey grew up in a small town, Leesburg, Georgia. Nobody is counting the Giants team out, however, not least because of its catcher, no-drama Buster Posey, who is a formidable hitter and, increasingly, the leader and heart of the team.
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The San Francisco Giants are now down, 2 games to 1, in their third World Series of the last five years.
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