In defense of Jorge Posada
yankees.lhblogs.com 6/15/2009 — After reading my e-mails for the last few days and looking at some comments on the blog, I was surprised to learn that Jorge Posada apparently doesn’t know how to catch. Unlike the very wise Jose Molina and the very energetic Francisco ...

Tangled Up in Red and Blue
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 7/11/2009 — Jorge Posada plays long toss as a base runner, and catches a foul pop with his bare hands, even as Derek Jeter drops a pop-up.

Open Thread: Is Jorge Posada a Hall of Famer?
riveraveblues.com 6/6/2009 — You’ve probably seen it by now, but Rob Neyer and Jonah Keri have been going back and forth about whether or not Yankees’ catcher Jorge Posada is a Hall of Famer. Neyer says nay , Keri says ay . Fortunately, we can some fancy statistics ...

Jorge Posada belongs in Cooperstown
bases.newsvine.com 6/3/2009 — Put 'em in Cooperstown Yesterday, Rob Neyer said this in the course of trying to identify the best catcher this decade:

The Pitchers And Posada
fackyouk.blogspot.com 6/16/2009 — As Joba Chamberlain has a way of doing, his disagreements with Jorge Posada during their last outing sparked a lot of debate as to whether he should be listening to the veteran backstop. This in turn caused some writers to question whether pitchers in general like throwing to Posada and look ...

Jorge Knows Best
nyyankeesrumors.com 6/30/2009 — Some of the “throwers” in the Yankee pitching staff (here’s looking at you Joba) should repeat this headline before falling asleep each night. Posada and Chamberlain, courtesy of the New York Daily News David Wells was a guest this afternoon on “Mike’d ...

Yankees' catcher Jorge Posada say he's pumped up by critics' chatter
nydailynews.com 6/23/2009 — Yankees' catcher Jorge Posada say he's pumped up by critics' chatter BY Mark Feinsand DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Tuesday, June 23rd 2009, 4:00 AM (Page 1 of 2) ATLANTA - Jorge Posada has heard the whispers. He knows that sports talk radio lines and ...

Does Jorge Hurt The Yanks When He Catches?
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 6/16/2009 — Since Jorge Posada has returned from the DL there has been a lot of talk about his ability to call games and work with pitchers. Today, Tyler Kepner tackles to topic: One unsettling fact for the Yankees is the difference when Jorge Posada catches. With Posada behind the plate, the Yankees’ ...

Is Jorge Posada falling out of favor with Yankee pitchers?
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 6/15/2009 — The Yankees had a tremendous day at the bat, scoring 15 runs off Johan Santana and the Met bullpen. But A.J. Burnett also had one of his best outings of the year. Is it possible that Francisco Cervelli, who caught his game instead of Jorge Posada, had something to do with that? Burnett did ...

Jorge Posada is making a case to become a DH
mlbnotebook.com 6/17/2009 — Coming into Tuesday night's games, the Yankees are 36-27, 2 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East. They have the league's best record since May 8 when Alex Rodriguez came back at 23-12. Rodriguez's return woke up the bat of Mark Teixeira and the Yankees began their roll. But the Yankees have ...

Vote George Steinbrenner...For Hall Of Fame? — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/3/2009
George Steinbrenner is one of the most controversial people in baseball. Since purchasing the Yankees in 1973, the Yanks have won six World Series and 10 pennants. He's brought many great players to the Yankees, and they're usually ...

Eighth inning role much ado about nothing — Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News Blogs 7/3/2009
Brian Bruney and I agree on something: this whole eighth-inning thing is getting ridiculous. On Wednesday, Joe Girardi proclaimed that Bruney was his eighth-inning guy. That night, with a two-run lead in the eighth, the manager used Alfredo ...

Dice-K heading to Florida for rehab — Major League Baseball News 7/3/2009
The Red Sox have formulated a rehab plan for Daisuke Matsuzaka that will have the right-hander flying to Fort Myers, Fla., on Monday.

Is Hughes replacing Bruney as eighth-inning guy? — Newsday.com - Yankees 7/4/2009
Joe Girardi repeated the phrase several times Tuesday night in explaining his decision to go with Brian Bruney in the eighth inning, even after Phil Hughes breezed through the Mariners in nine pitches in the seventh. "Bruney's our eighth-inning guy,'' ...

Seventy years later, Gehrig hasn't been forgotten — Newsday.com - Yankees 7/4/2009
Lou Gehrig did not stop after he said he considered himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. There was much more to that speech, just as there was much more to the Yankees first baseman than the iron-man streak and the tearful, hopeful words ...