A baseball legacy at stake, plus the Lakers’ shocking sale

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Good morning! Dunk for Russ today. Coming up: 

🫠 Buster Posey’s future
😳 What’s going on in L.A.?
👋 Bye, Russ

There is no one in baseball, or maybe even sports in general, that fascinates me more right now than Buster Posey. Just consider: 

Posey is, unassailably, a Giants legend. A homegrown star player who won three World Series for the franchise. A fan favorite, a leader and golden boy, wrapped into one person. A prototypical…