![]() ![]() McNab operates a Dogpatch barber shop where she snips the hair of Giants players while her Buster looks on. Kerry McNab has a black Lab-collie mix named Buster who got neutered on the day of the Giants 2014 World Series parade. Volking’s Navy responsibilities sent him to Dodgers territory, but Posey still enjoys watching a Giants game. Posey the puggle came into Travis Volking’s life during the catcher’s Rookie of the Year campaign in 2010. His other dog is Timmy, inspired by Giants pitching legend Tim Lincecum. Tom Neuerburg of Tracy named his rescued terrier mutt Buster. Unlike Buster Posey, Buster Pawsey the terrier mix can’t catch. Vick Singh got Buster Pawsey last year during the pandemic at a Bayview neighborhood dog rescue. So when they rescued a miniature pinscher-Rottweiler mix in the Dallas area, the black-and-tan pooch became Buster. Harriett Basham’s son Cullen became a catcher in Little League and modeled his game after his favorite player. The baseball player shares his catchy nickname with his father. Courtesy Cindy MurphyĪlthough it’s difficult to know for sure, far fewer dogs seem to share Buster Posey’s real name: Gerald Dempsey Posey III. Posey the yellow lab died suddenly in August and her owner Cindy Murphy posted a tribute Thursday to her dog and her retiring namesake. “We couldn’t believe how incredibly handsome he was, and my partner said, ‘He’s as good looking as Buster Posey!’” Jimenez said. So when Jimenez and his partner got a blue heeler-pointer mix four years ago, he thought of his fellow alumnus. “Even in college, he had a reputation as one of the best people you could know,” said Jimenez, now a 50-year-old resident of Austin, Texas. Juan Jimenez graduated from Florida State University in Tallahassee a few years before the catcher would become the NCAA’s top baseball player as a Seminole. Naming a dog after Buster Posey is not isolated to Giants Nation. Who doesn’t like tossing the ball with your dog? #SFGiants /CwvNCPcDl8- Buster Posey March 30, 2017 He filmed a Toyota commercial with a golden retriever that same year. #NationalPuppyDay #SFGiants /VkGsmG圎NF- SFGiants March 23, 2017 ![]() In 2017, on National Puppy Day, the Giants posted a video of Posey holding a puppy and asking the ball of fluff in his squeakiest voice: “Is your name Buster? Yes, it is! Yes, it is! Puppy, puppy, puppy!” It wasn’t only Posey’s on-field awards and good nature that attracted dog owners the player genuinely loves mutts. Buster Posey is stoic and doesn’t let his emotions show. “He’s the opposite of Posey,” Carlson laughed. “Every time Buster would hit a home run, or drive home the winning run, I’d turn to him and say, ‘Look what you did!’” the 37-year-old said.Ĭarlson, like many owners of Busters, Poseys and Buster Poseys, did not name his dog after the catcher because both had a quiet resolve and unflappable demeanor. His owner, Nate Carlson, grew up a loyal Giants fan in Modesto and watched closely as the team won a franchise-record 107 wins this past season. In Las Vegas, a San Francisco Giants dog tag dangles from the neck of Buster, a 1-year-old brown miniature schnauzer. Provided to The ChronicleĮven in the small Idaho town, she recently learned, the owner of the local pizza joint has a Posey. Bottom: Janet Zablock's three-year-old Australian Labradoodle Posey watches the Giants on TV, Ledell Hernandez and Lincoln Beaster climb on top of Posey, an Australian shepherd from Clovis. Top row: Maria Mac Pry's Buster was adopted from a cattle dog rescue in 2010, a 13-year-old Shih Tzu also named Buster. But it was nice to cheer for people who seem like good people.” “I hope he gets to relax and be a dad and hang out with his family more. “I’ll be sad not to watch him play any more,” Smith said. Posey the Shih Tzu, having licked herself through three World Series championships anchored by Posey the catcher, is 13. Smith now lives in Moscow, a small city in Idaho. With Posey’s announcement Thursday that he would retire, a legion of pet owners took stock of the player’s Hall-of-Fame-worthy career and personality that made him fit to share a name with their four-legged family members. Outside the fog belt, the name is equally catchy. Eleanor Sadler of San Francisco Animal Care and Control, and “more Busters and Poseys than I can count.” That’s just San Francisco. There are 16 Buster Poseys registered in San Francisco proper, said Lt. ![]()
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