Retired Giants catcher Buster Posey goes back to school to complete his degree from Florida State

Wed, Aug 30, 2023 11:33 AM By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Baseball Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Buster Posey is going back to school at age 36.No, the seven-time All-Star doesn’t need to study again after a decorated baseball career spanning more than a decade. He wants to do it.The retired San Francisco Giants catcher has a year’s worth of online coursework remaining to complete his degree in social science at Florida State, yet he plans to spread the work over two years given his busy home life with four children.School started Monday. Posey had been a finance major before being drafted by San Francisco fifth overall in 2008, but since he can’t finish that path remotely, he will study social science, with his current studies including a class focused on sports and society.“So I’m kind of in somewhat of my realm that I lived the last 15 years or so since I took a class,” Posey said.He expects the degree will take more time given the demands of having twin toddler girls Ada and Livvi and another set of twins — daughter Addison and son Lee — who are now preteens.Posey and wife Kristen recently moved their family back to
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