Former San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey, now part of the Giants' ownership group, suggested that the city's reputation for crime and drugs may have hindered the team's pursuit of Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani. Posey's comments reflect concerns from multiple players and their families about the state of San Francisco, with some feeling uncomfortable. The city's rapid decline and reputation as a crime-filled, drug-ridden disaster has apparently cost the Giants multiple free agents, including possibly Ohtani. The Giants' struggle to attract star free agents is attributed to the city's perceived crime and drug problems, impacting their ability to recruit talent. The team's failure to sign Ohtani is seen as a consequence of San Francisco's issues, with Posey reflecting on the challenges faced in landing coveted free agents due to the city's negative perception.
Buster Posey is among classiest athletes in Bay Area history. He’s among most measured. Most diplomatic. Most respected. That’s why what he said about San Francisco means so much and hits so close to home.
California native and MLB player Rowdy Tellez absolutely roasted San Francisco during a recent interview, saying it doesn’t feel safe and that’s it become a “bad city” Don’t worry though, local politicians are blaming “capitalism” for their problems https://t.co/Slna9Ijez2
haha Foul Territory deleted and redid their tweet finally. I thought because of all the dunking, which seems at least half true, but mainly it looks like it was to add "Rowdy Tellez, who is from Sacramento, dishes on San Fransisco's difficulty attracting star free agents"
"The last 10-12 years, man, it's just been a bad city. It's not nice anymore. It's not clean. It's hardly safe." Rowdy Tellez, who is from Sacramento, dishes on San Fransisco's difficulty attracting star free agents Full Episode: ▶️ https://t.co/G6I5kElASK https://t.co/Gvcsih6XEF
the media seizing on "SF is just a bad city" is colliding expeditiously with everyone else calling bullshit on it and i think the giants are going to have to big-time backpedal on this by next week at the latest
Former @SFGiants star Buster Posey raised a controversial point as to why Shohei Ohtani might have chosen the @Dodgers over the Giants. https://t.co/CgPyvQ3bdb
Buster Posey: "We haven't had a 30 home run hitter since Barry Bonds in 2004 because of woke." (the reporters murmur, Posey realizes he struck a nerve) Buster Posey: "Sorry, I meant to say 'unhoused.'"
Rowdy Tellez was drafted out of his high school team in Elk Grove, CA, which is 95 miles east of San Francisco. He never lived in SF. So, do with that what you will, non-Californians who live in big cities & suburbs. Also, Buster Posey only just moved to the Bay Area last year.
If Buster Posey says San Francisco is a urine soaked hellhole, then he's right and we can't disagree. It means he invested in a bad team housed in a failed city. That's on him. It also means that since the Giants literally own a chunk of the city they're a cause of the problem.
the giants front office picked a MAGA talking point to deflect blame for failing to field a winning team and it turned out that people other than giants fans saw it too and now everyone thinks oracle park is caked pillar to post in homeless peoples' heroin shits
"The last 10-12 years, man, it's just been a bad city. It's not nice anymore. It's not clean. It's hardly safe." Bay area native Rowdy Tellez of the @Pirates offers his thoughts San Francisco's difficulty recruiting stars ▶️ https://t.co/sNTTVld7nc https://t.co/TbtUWEcU4p
I don't think San Francisco has a "perception problem," driven by right wing media. I think baseball players frequently visit it and don't like what they see IRL https://t.co/T6QchfyIWD
Former San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey struck a nerve after he suggested in an interview on Tuesday that perceptions of the city's drug crisis and crime hindered the team's pursuit of Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani. Read the full story: https://t.co/FMkWp28PTg https://t.co/X6jcI2hEUi
San Francisco turning into a crime-infested open air drug den has had any number of negative consequences for the once-great city. And it turns out that the city’s disastrous policies and political ideology has likely cost its baseball team a substantial amount of talent. https://t.co/fNXzFooloi
San Francisco Giants Lost Out on Shohei Ohtani in Part Due to Rampant Crime, Homelessness https://t.co/RN3brJfc0o
Giants great suggests SF 'crime' and 'drugs' may have been factor in Ohtani moving to LA Dodgers https://t.co/F6AoJ2Moe3
"The Giants problem from everything we’ve heard and from everything Buster Posey told (Andrew) Baggarly of The Athletic last night, they’ve got a geography problem or a city problem — I guess I would say." ⬇️ https://t.co/ZTSp22Gc27
Buster Posey says San Francisco's current issues with crime and drugs might very well be the reason Shohei Ohtani is currently wearing Dodger blue instead of Giants orange. https://t.co/Z7g1jKjCBr
San Francisco crime, drugs hurt Giants’ Shohei Ohtani pursuit: Buster Posey https://t.co/tAqvJrB7bo https://t.co/XDZx6QmGsH
Giants' failed pursuit of $700m superstar Shohei Ohtani was hampered by San Francisco's problem with crime and drugs, Buster Posey says - after Japanese icon chose LA instead https://t.co/VETJzRurnu https://t.co/f764HdXy6G
Buster Posey says San Francisco's perceived crime, drug problems an issue for free agents https://t.co/sTWTQFc48W
Buster Posey suggested that the city of San Francisco's reputation could play a role in coveted free agents spurning the Giants 👀 https://t.co/ttAVy2N2rB
The San Francisco Giants swung and missed at getting the hottest baseball player on the planet: Shohei Ohtani. Now, Giants legend Buster Posey says he thinks the city’s reputation may be part of the problem. https://t.co/Z270s7hCtn
San Francisco’s rapid decline and reputation as a crime filled, drug ridden disaster has apparently cost the Giants multiple free agents, including possibly Shohei Ohtani According to Buster Posey, multiple players have brought up how bad SF is now https://t.co/wLIs2s8pqt
i definitely love that it took 30 years for the giants to cultivate the belief that “giants just can’t sign stars for some reason” and only two days for everyone to agree on the talking point “no star will ever agree to play in feces-covered, drugs-ridden san francisco”
Ken Rosenthal: “For whatever reason players have a negative perception of San Francisco. Not all players.” How can one say this with a straight face? San Francisco should be a beautiful city and it’s a complete dumb. Crap all over the streets. Homeless people everywhere.
Buster Posey: SF Giants Lost Shohei Ohtani to Drug, Crime Issues Buster Posey, now part of the Giants' ownership group, said players and their wives feel uncomfortable about the state of San Francisco. https://t.co/Sfj7gn5Wn2
Buster Posey Says S.F.'s Issues W/ Crime, Drugs Impacted Giants' Ohtani Pursuit | Click to read more 👇 https://t.co/t7Lvwp62hD
San Francisco crime, drugs hurt Giants’ Shohei Ohtani pursuit: Buster Posey https://t.co/0xRYbnGRVk https://t.co/yy2n4N5spP
Ken Rosenthal: The San Francisco Giants have a ‘city problem’ https://t.co/d86sFolBTF https://t.co/T33i7vaejV
After living in San Francisco I never thought that someday the condition of the City would be detrimental when signing professional athletes. The decay of "The City" hasn't hurt the #Warriors or "The Faithful" in Santa Clara. It's awful for business and tourism. https://t.co/kGQv695TMl
SF doom loop narrative killing Giants in free agency, Buster Posey says https://t.co/iSyzMN4GnE
PR plays a role in combatting media messaging. But the Giants need to do more. 1 thing they can do: overpay for free agents to get them to sign here. Maybe that's what they did with Jung Hoo Lee. Throw $300 million at Yamamoto. Make it impossible for these guys to say no. 7/
There's a lot of discussion of @extrabaggs' article on Buster Posey's thoughts/disappointment in not landing Ohtani and Posey's reflection that some free agents & their families are hesitant about moving to SF 1/
The only data point I can find that supports Buster Posey's point beyond just a marketing standpoint is the number of opt outs the Giants are offering. They're *figuring* players don't want to hang around even if they do well (which they won't if they're hitters).
I went to San Francisco back in 2015. There were some great spots, including AT&T Park (Oracle). Amazing stadium, and right outside of it was awesome too. I’m not gonna lie though, some spots in SF were ROUGH and it’s only gotten worse. It’s clearly a problem for the Giants. https://t.co/ABWotZI8tK
"They have a city problem" @Ken_Rosenthal says that perceptions about San Francisco are affecting their ability to recruit star free agents. ▶️ https://t.co/36XRKc5l3T https://t.co/CyStHukRkY
Buster Posey recently offered some heartfelt insight on the Giants' failed Shohei Ohtani pursuit https://t.co/cZZLqm6nxo
The question must be asked: Whether it’s Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge or Bryce Harper, why do generational baseball players not want to go to San Francisco? It’s a question that Buster Posey is asking himself. More with @extrabaggs ⤵️ https://t.co/gTMGsGRvcF https://t.co/eveX7BHsiD
This piece finally mentions the elephant in the room: San Francisco's problems are making it a massive turn-off to big-time baseball free agents https://t.co/6VM2mODE7G https://t.co/PPcP0EfUOO