Jorge Posada
Jorge Posada
Jorge Rafael Posada Villetais a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees. Posada produced strong offensive numbers for his position, recording a .273 batting average, 275 home runs, and 1,065 runs batted induring his career. A switch hitter, Posada was a five-time All-Star, won five Silver Slugger Awards, and was on the roster for five World Series championship teams...
NationalityPuerto Rican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth17 August 1971
cared friend game took whatever
There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate. He really cared about the game of baseball, the way it was played, and whatever it took to win that night.
best pitcher power randy stuff
Randy is Randy and his power is incredible. But Wang has the best stuff in our clubhouse, no doubt. He'll be our No. 1 pitcher eventually.
You don't know what he's going to do, ... He's tough. You have to give him a lot of respect.
best
You go for the best pitcher. He's been the best pitcher.
cost field mistakes ready
There's not much we can do, ... We lost, we made some mistakes in the field that cost us the game. Now we've got to be ready (Sunday).
front
There's nothing he could do. I'm right in front of the plate.
front puerto wear
I was upset. Obviously, I wanted to play for Puerto Rico. I wanted to play in front of my family, to be there and wear that P.R. on my shirt. But it didn't happen.
good great
One of them was away and up, the other one was down and in, ... I thought they were good calls. I thought he did a great job.
guess strike surprised
I was really surprised he wasn't bunting, ... especially after we got strike one on him. I guess he's their cleanup hitter, so they let him swing, but I would have bunted.
One-oh is important, ... but we have a long way to go.
matters none supposed
None of this matters if we don't go out there and play the way we're supposed to,
chocolate eat food goes love potato puerto rican rice
I love all Puerto Rican food. I love rice and beans. I like anything with steak, chicken, pork. But I like chocolate and potato chips, too. I eat that when my wife goes away and isn't looking.
last leather remember threw time
I can't remember the last time we threw the leather around like this.
alongside
There is only one Mariano Rivera. There won't be another person who will come along and do what he did. No one does it like him. It was an honor to catch him and play alongside him for as long as I did.