nydailynews.com - 6/23/2009
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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 Internet message boards are teeming with people ...
mlbnotebook.com - 6/17/2009
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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 ...
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Jorge Posada is making a case to become a DH
courant.com - 6/16/2009
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"We just weren't on the same page," Posada
said. It's been happening for years, and more so...
this season. Though Posada has been one of the best hitting catchers for a long time, Yankees pitchers often prefer throwing to someone else. On Sunday, A.J. ...
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Posada, Yankees Pitchers On Same Page? -
nydailynews.com - 6/24/2009
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Jorge Posada knows that sports talk radio lines
and Internet message boards are teeming with people insisting...
his days as a catcher are dwindling. Posada doesn't dismiss those people. He uses their words as motivation.
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Posada catches up
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Feinsand: Yankees’ catcher Jorge Posada say he’s pumped up by critics’ chatter
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Feinsand: Yankees’ catcher Jorge Posada say he’s pumped up by critics’ chatter With two years remaining on his contract after this season, Posada knows he won’t be catching the 130-plus games he did every year from 2000-07, but he has no plans to vacate his position any time soon, either. “I have a lot of fun behind the plate, I enjoy it and I don’t think I’m hurting the team,” he said. “I don’t want to hurt the team. When the time comes that I think I am, I’ll do what I need to do.” Posada is hardly the first player to deal with this. Derek Jeter’s critics have been calling ...
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Respect Jeter's Gangster —
... all have articles about A-Rod. Apparently, he's slumping. One article of interest is this one from the Daily News. Its about how everyones been calling for Posada's head since they think he's a horrible catcher and can't call a game. Apparently, since Burnett can't find the strike zone, Posada can't catch. Never mind that he has a perfect game in his repetoire, and has caught many a gem over the years. Jeter chimes in, since he of course has been receiving the same criticism for years now, but he's been quite a capable shortstop this season, which should shut some people ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 5/29/2009 — Jorge Posada will be 38 this summer. By the time Yogi Berra and Johnny Bench were 38, Yogi was in his last season, and Johnny Bench was retired. And Joe Girardi, Posada's predecessor, was off the Yankees for five years, and in his last season. While Posada has been very outspoken about how he ...
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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.
Jorge Posada is making a case to become a DH
homeruntrot.blogspot.com 6/17/2009 — My latest article, which can be found at MLB Notebook here , discusses Jorge Posada. The Yankees are a better pitching team when Jose Molina, Kevin Cash, or Francisco Cervelli are catching. But the Yankees need Posada's bat. He's a 37-year old future DH. Here's an excerpt: No, Mariano ...
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: Is It Time To Pass The Torch?
boogiedownbaseball.blogspot.com 6/15/2009 — As I was watching yesterday's 15-0 beatdown of the Mets , I started wondering if A.J. Burnett would have pitched as well as he did if Jorge Posada were his battery mate instead of Francisco Cervelli . I've heard and read a lot of things over the years about Posada as a catcher. My impression of ...
CC's start depends on bullpen session —
Major League Baseball News 6/23/2009
CC Sabathia said on Monday that he plans to make his scheduled start Friday against the Mets at Citi Field, but Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that won't be determined until after Sabathia throws in a bullpen session on Tuesday.
Kenny Rogers: Hall of Famer? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/23/2009
On Jul. 28, 1994, Kenny Rogers became the first American League left-hander to pitch a perfect game, joining National League lefties Sandy Koufax and Tom Browning.
In a vastly underrated career, Rogers won 219 games, lost only 156, and has a 108 ...
Red Sox = Yankees + Hypocrisy —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/23/2009
Red Sox President Larry Lucchino once famously called the Yankees the "evil empire" for outspending the opposition en route to championship after championship. With a fanbase that carried itself with the self-important entitlement of a Hilton heir, ...
