Desperately Trying Not To Freak Out About Posey

Ladies and gentlemen, start your panic engines. From Andy Baggarly:
"The Giant's clean-up hitting catcher won't play on Saturday and might not make his Cactus League debut until the middle of next week, Bochy said."

The tone of the article and quotes therein suggest that the move to hold Buster Posey out of the Spring Training opener is more precautionary than anything else. But to me, it's a little bit troubling because he hasn't played in a baseball game in about 10 months. Is a few more days really going to make much of a difference? I just want him to be all better so bad. When he misses games, I don't quite understand it, much in the way a child can't understand why he has to leave Chuck E. Cheese's when it's closing time.

That's the thing about our All-American boy of a catcher. He's so beloved, and so counted on by fans, not to mention the organization. I do not envy the pressure he must feel as the season approaches. The quality of the pitching has become ubiquitous. We've all grown to take it for granted. LinceCainGarner and co. make the Giants contenders without even a second thought from Giants Nation. So the burden falls on the offense. And with the absence of Posey being the biggest difference between the 2011 and 2010 team, it's hard not to see him as the savior who will take us back to the promised land. Right now, he's like an innocent man coming home from an unjust prison sentence. It was a harrowing experience for everyone involved, but now that it's over, everything will be fine. But what if it isn't? What if this is a two-year injury? Sure, he'll play. But if he's a shell of his former self, this fanbase will be heartbroken.