There was a fear-slash-conspiracy-theory that when Buster Posey was hired as the Giants’ President of Baseball Operations, he was going to be an owner in an executive’s clothing. The idea was that he was hired to be the friendly face delivering news like “the Giants aren’t looking to spend a lot of money.” Posey was on board with an agenda of austerity, as a lot of minority owners typically might be, but he was going to make everyone feel OK about it. He was going to do this with intelligence and charisma, and Giants fans were going to be powerless against his championship charm. And if it doesn’t work out, what, are they going to yell at Buster Posey?It was a quaint fear, in retrospect. Posey is not here to make the medicine go down easier. He is not here for fan service. He rarely speaks to reporters, and he is not here to be a cheerleader. He is here to focus on baseball and only baseball and, also, he wants to focus on baseball. He was very clear about this on Tuesday. Baseball, baseball, baseball. Anyone got questions about baseball?Here’s the state of the baseball: Bryce Eldridge is in the middle of an incredible rookie season. Jung Hoo Lee is hitting .331. Luis Arraez has become an immediate favorite in the clubhouse and the Bay Area. Logan Webb is pitching as well as ever. Casey Schmitt has become an everyday player, if not a future All-Star.Also, the Giants are 14 games under .500 and their fans are furious at them.You can spot the tiny incongruity between the previous two paragraphs. There should be so much for Giants fans to celebrate this season. Yet they’re as incandescently angry as they’ve ever been, both at the quality of the team and the quality of the organizational response to a controversy that isn’t going away. It’s not uncommon to hear boos for the hometown nine at Oracle Park now, a far cry from the years when Hunter Pence could get a standing ovation for switching from left field to right.This was the state of Giants baseball before Posey decided to speak to reporters. He looked at this situation and must have said, “alright. Let’s not panic. All we need to do is ignore everything and talk about the trade deadline.”Nobody was expecting Posey to announce that all of the pitchers involved in the events of the team’s Pride Night earlier this month have been designated for assignment. They were just expecting something. Something that started off respectfully and and never veered from that path. Something that honestly reckoned with the very real, very complicated emotions people are feeling, not just “I understand some fans are upset and frustrated” (an actual quote!). Something that started off like …“When I was a player, it was important for me …”“One thing I learned talking with people from all over the Bay Area over the last couple decades is that …”