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Classic Yankees: Jorge Posada

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Mike Sommer

With the retirement of Jorge Posada, he now becomes a “Classic Yankee.” No team in baseball can match the Yankees for five catchers the quality of Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, Elston Howard, Thurman Munson, and Posada. While there was hope (now gone) that Jesus Montero could join that quintet, who knows who will come along in ...

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Posada will hold press conference to announce retirement on Tuesday

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Jorge Posada came up for a cup of coffee in 1995 and 17 years later he will officially retire. The Yankees will hold a press conference on Tuesday where Posada will formally announce his retirement from Major League Baseball, according to Mark Hale of the NY Post. Posada just finished up the final year of a four-year ...

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Rumor: Posada still retiring despite Montero trade

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

After the Yankees traded DH Jesus Montero to the Mariners it slightly, just barely, opened the door for Jorge Posada to un-retire and return as part of a DH platoon next season. However, according to Jack Curry of the YES Network, Posada will go ahead with his retirement as planned. Not a big shock, but based ...

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Rumor: Very small chance Posada returns as DH

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

As the Yankees search for their next DH, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports asked them if they might consider bringing Jorge Posada back again now that Jesus Montero is out of the picture. However he was told that there is a "very small chance" that they would go that route. Heyman gave it about a ...

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Jorge Posada will announce retirement soon

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees Core Four is down to two. After 17 seasons in the majors and five World Series rings, Jorge Posada is set to announce his retirement within the next two weeks, according to Sweeny Murti of WFAN. There was little doubt that Posada's Yankees career was over, but the catcher who will at least get Hall ...

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Rumor: Jorge Posada wants to join the Miami Marlins

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

It seems as if Jorge Posada is determined to play next season. First we heard that he reached out to the Mets, although both sides denied that (typical) and now we hear that he would like to play for the Marlins, according to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated. This is a fit in the sense that ...

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Rumor: Mets Shot Down Posada’s Phone Call

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

Bernie Williams could never bring himself to put on a different uniform after playing his entire career in Pinstripes. Apparently that is not an issue for Jorge Posada. Posada has reached out to the Mets organization looking for a job, but the Mets turned him down as they are looking for a more defensive catcher, according ...

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Jorge Posada Admits His Yankees Career is Over

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

Jorge Posada still hasn't decided whether or not he's going to retire or find another team to play for next season, but one thing that he has realized, if he is going to play it won't be for the Yankees. “I don’t think there’s even a percentage of a chance that I can come back,” Posada ...

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Jorge Posada and 7 More Yankees Become Free Agents

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees had eight players file for free agency today. Those players are Luis Ayala, Eric Chavez, Bartolo Colon, Freddy Garcia, Andruw Jones, Damaso Marte, Sergio Mitre, and Jorge Posada. Of these players, Marte is definitely not coming back. Posada is also likely to retire and it is hard to imagine Mitre comes back. The Yankees ...

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Tonight Could Be Jorge Posada’s Final Game

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

Jorge Posada has let it be known that he wants to play again next year. He has even gone as far as to indicate that he might be willing to play for another team if the Yankees don't want him back. However at the age of 40 his catching days are over and there aren't too ...

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