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
attack coming good guys strike tried understand wild
We pretty much tried everything. We were wild today, guys coming in from the pen. Those guys have a very good lineup and they understand the strike zone. If you only have one pitch, they're going to attack that pitch.
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.
bases chance good guys people run throw
You've got to keep those guys who run off the bases and then see what happens, ... If we get a good chance to throw people out, we're going to throw people out.
jobs games feel-good
You have to understand what they (pitchers) do. That's my job. You have to find a way to get them through the game if they're not feeling good. When everything is going good and they're feeling one-hundred percent, it's my job to keep them that way. And you know what? If I see something, I'm going to let them know.
blessing feel-good tape
Some days are a blessing when you wake up and you say, 'Wow, I feel good today.' Some days are like: 'Wow, I feel bad. I got no chance today.' You tape it up and you go.
hype thinking
We're still thinking about first place, we have to. It's going to be a lot of hype this weekend, just like it's always been.
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.
foot lead
I thought so, I thought my lead foot was in there,
We play baseball. That's the only thing we know how to do.
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,
changes view
It was not a pretty view from my angle. The way he was pitching, the things he was doing, when he comes out of the game, it really changes everything around.
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.