Jorge Posada is in the final year of a four-year, $52 million contract and the 39-year-old catcher turned DH can’t envision himself playing with another organization if he were to play after this season. “It would be really tough to look somewhere else,” Posada told the media. “If I want to play, I want to [...]
Michael Lewis’ Moneyball, a book about Oakland Athletics’ GM Billy Beane and his sabermetrical approach to assembling a baseball team, is hitting the big screen in late 2011. According to IMDb, Billy Beane is played by Brad Pitt, Peter Brand (really Paul DePodesta) is played by Jonah Hill, Art Howe is played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and… [...]
From the NY Post: Face to face, Brian Cashman informed Jorge Posada he will be the Yankees designated hitter next season, The Post has learned. Cashman met with Posada in Manhattan this week to tell the veteran to, as usual, prepare to catch, but the team’s first option is to have youngsters Jesus Montero, Francisco [...]
There’s no shortage of catching in the Yankees organization. From Single-A to the Majors, the Yankees are stocked with catchers. The two catchers on the Yankees’ major league roster (minus Chad Moeller), Jorge Posada and Francisco Cervelli, are already household names, while Triple-A catcher Jesus Montero is growing a reputation amongst Yankee fans for his [...]
Every team has them. Players who, over the course of time, become legends. They are revered by fans because they are at the epicenter of their franchise’s most cherished moments, usually a championship. The Jets have Joe Namath and 1969. The Mets have Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden and the rest of that remarkable ’86 team. [...]
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