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
expect given left life name people pitch small
Chacon was given a new life when he left Colorado, and he was able to come in under the radar. He's not a big, big name -- just like Small -- so people didn't expect them to do this well. They're not panicking, they know how to pitch and that's what they're doing.
chance people quick throw
Chacon is very quick to the plate, ... And if you give me a chance to throw some people out, I'm going to throw some people out.
leagues major surprised year
He's a no-miss. He will be in the major leagues soon. I won't be surprised if I see him before the year is over.
biggest
I like teaching. I would like to help out with the young catchers; be there for them and obviously, you know, what it takes to get here. That's the biggest thing, I think.
ball home knows liked pitcher strike
I liked what I saw. He just got a ball up (in the strike zone) on the home run. I know what he can do. He's a ground-ball pitcher and he knows he's got to keep the ball down to be successful.
It's a new season. Right now everybody's hot.
It's the only way we know right now.
defense last leather looks pitching remember stepping threw time today understand
It looks like we are. I can't remember the last time we threw the leather around like we did today. The pitching is stepping up, and today the defense did the same. We understand what we need to do.
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.
effort
That's our horse. I'm going to make the effort of making him feel comfortable, like Flaherty did.
ahead love ourselves uniform
It's something we can't get ahead of ourselves on. There's things you can't control, but I want to. I'm a Yankee. I love to put that uniform on.
step time
They've been able to step up when we need it. Now it's time to really see 'em.
team tough
It's tough to win, man, it really is. It's really tough to put it into words. Back then, we were the team to beat. I think we were still, this year. It just didn't happen.
tough
It's tough to win, man, it really is,