Jorge Posada Foundation to announce new partnership
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Apr 12, 2011 
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After a press conference this afternoon, Jorge Posada is going to announce a new partnership to further the efforts of the Jorge Posada Foundation. As always, you have to appreciate when these guys go out of their way to make good things happen.
Here’s the press release with all the details.
All-Star catcher Jorge Posada and his wife Laura will announce a new partnership with Grammy Award-winning duo Wisin & Yandel on Tuesday, April 12 at 3:00 p.m. in the Yankee Stadium Press Conference Room, prior to that evening’s Yankees-Orioles game. The duo will also throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the start of the game.
The top-selling Latin artists Wisin & Yandel, born Juan Luis Morera and Llandel Veguilla, respectively, have partnered with the Jorge Posada Foundation in their efforts to combat Craniosynostosis. The duo has very generously pledged to donate a percentage of each ticket sold in their upcoming U.S. tour to the Jorge Posada Foundation.
The donated funds through this partnership will be used to underwrite the playroom area of the brand new state-of-the-art facility at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery (IRPS) at the NYU Langone Medical Center, one of the pre-eminent facial reconstruction facilities in the United States. Nearly 70 percent of the IRPS’s patients are uninsured or receive only Medicaid reimbursement.
Wisin & Yandel began their career together more than 10 years ago in their native Puerto Rico within the Latin music genre Reggaeton, which started as a fusion of Jamaican dancehall and Panamanian Reggae Root and has since evolved to include Hip Hop, Pop, Rap, Dance and R&B rhythms. In the past five years, Wisin & Yandel have accumulated a record 12 Platinum Album Awards in the United States as well as 11 Platinum Album Awards and eight Gold Album Awards across Latin America. The duo holds the record for most number ones on Billboard’s Latin Rhythm Airplay Chart, having placed nine different songs since the chart’s creation in 2005.
In June 2009, the duo launched an unprecedented program amongst Latin artists to benefit “Habitat for Humanity” by donating a portion of the revenues made during their U.S. tour to help build homes for needy families. When Haiti was devastated by the earthquake in 2010, Wisin & Yandel were among the first in the Latin music world to respond – as well as the most generous – donating $100,000 towards rebuilding an orphanage that had been destroyed in Port-au-Prince.
The New York Yankees organization has been a longtime supporter of the Jorge Posada Foundation. They re-confirm their loyalty to the Foundation and to Craniosynostosis by promoting the before mentioned partnership to all the fans at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees will broadcast a public service announcement created for this project on the Stadium’s Centerfield Video Board, as will the team’s television partners, YES and My9, during Yankees games.
The Jorge Posada Foundation is a non-profit organization established by Laura and Jorge Posada in honor of their son and his successful struggle with Craniosynostosis. Craniosynostosis affects one out of every 2,000 births in the United States. Early intervention by a multi-disciplinary team of doctors is the key to effective treatment of the condition. The Jorge Posada Foundation works to raise awareness of the condition in the United States and abroad. The Foundation partners with community-based organizations, medical centers and provides support through a Mentors Network. The Jorge Posada Foundation also funds innovative and groundbreaking projects that create a deeper understanding of the condition and the required medical treatments. All monies raised by the Jorge Posada Foundation are used in a targeted manner in order to maximize efforts.
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Posada has been an exemplary Yankee, on and off the field, and apparently, in the clubhouse as well.
Very cool
Jorge = HOFer. An underappreciated great Yankee.
Hip Hip
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For those who don’t know…..the Atbat app for smart phones now has the video feeds of games if you have mlb.tv…..I watched part of the Sox game last night on my phone last night and it worked pretty well. I don’t think this was available before……it wasn’t on mine anyway.
Hey Chad, nice overview of the farm a few threads back.
Betances/Banuelos weekend coming up already circled on my calendar. Could be a short window for us locals to take a last look.
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PatRuth,from a long ago thread, very early on it was strongly indicated that Jose Tabata is going to be a good ML hitter,based on his days down in Trenton.
Take, for instance, Robertson, the 5-foot-11 set-up reliever for the Yankees with that “lively” fastball. Robertson does not have exceptional size or velocity, but he ranks fourth among all active pitchers with at least 100 innings in strikeout rate (11.7 per nine innings, better than every pitcher except Carlos Marmol, Jonathan Broxton and Francisco Rodriguez, all of whom are well-paid closers.)
Why is Robertson so difficult to hit? According to Trackman’s measurements taken in one American League park last season, Robertson, with his exceptionally long stride and reach, released his fastball seven feet from in front of the pitching rubber — the largest average extension Trackman measured in that park. The average MLB fastball extension was five feet, 10 inches.
Imagine if Robertson moves the pitching rubber 14 inches closer to home plate every time he pitches. That’s the kind of advantage he gains over the average pitcher by releasing his fastball with so much extension. The radar gun (and Trackman) clocks Robertson’s fastball at an average of 93 mph. But because Robertson shortens the distance between his release point and home plate, his “effective velocity” is 95 mph. It looks like 93 but gets on a hitter like 95 — thus the illusion of “hop.”
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....z1JKOgNHEf
Roberston could be a closer.
Nice to see all of the charitable work by the Yankees.
Hope they play tonight. Right now it is pouring in NY and the forecast isn’t very promising.
# Rich in NJ April 12th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Roberston could be a closer.
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we would finally have Mo’s replacement
Rich,
I agree if he could ever get to a point where he comes out of the pen throwing strikes….many times it takes him a batter or two to find the zone. He usually gets the job done but he could make life easier on himself. He gets a ton of late swings because he hides the ball so well and because of what C. Club posted…..his curveball is also very good…..I wish he could lend that pitch to Hughes.
Fran – depressing weather forecast.
I recommend clicking the link to the aticle that the Robertson snippet came from. It’s a very interesting read. It appears that Nova has the makings of a very good curve.
Interesting discussion of pain and the nature of healing in the previous thead.
“pain is nature’s way of telling you to not do something”
If NESN ratings fall sharply, we’ll know that our friends in New England are trying to decrease the amount of pain their lives too.
Fran – depressing weather forecast
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Joe,
It certainly is. And the Mets are here too which is unusual. Could have 2 rainouts.
C club,
Very interesting….thanks for the link.
Blake, I actually thought all pitchers to a certain degree long toss. I remember watching baseball tonight recently when they were interviewing king felix in the off season and he was doing some long tossing with his brother. Speaking of king Felix- he gave up 7 earned runs last night.
Benny,
I really did as well….which is why I was kinda surprised when someone said it hadn’t been a part of the Yanks programs for pitchers.
Felix is washed up….the Mariners should trade him to the Yankees now before his value drops
Blake, you and I can pick him up from the airport.
Really like the nomaas line of thinking re trading for Jams Shields.
* James Shields
CountryClub
Really awesome article. Thanks for the link.
The MSM-types love the word fail. The batter failed to get the runner in. The pitcher failed to bail out his defense. Jesus Montero failed to win the backup catcher’s job in Spring Training. That was a popular one a few weeks ago. It’s certainly true to an extent, because if Montero had a more productive spring, there’s a pretty good chance that he’d be in the big leagues right now as Russell Martin‘s caddy. But really, the only thing he failed at was performing well over a 40 at-bat sample. If two more hits drop in and he goes 12-for-40 instead of 10-for-40, he’s a .300 hitter and not a .250 hitter in camp. Small sample sizes, they’re a b i t c h.
Predictably, much was written about how Montero’s stock dropped in Spring Training, how he was no longer considered an elite prospect because of 19 games he played in camp. That, of course, is the real failure. No prospect’s stock can or should fall based on Spring Training or any random 19-game sample for that matter. Is Mike Trout no longer the best prospect in the game after hitting .276/.276/.364 in camp? Should the Royals be concerned that Mike Moustakas and Wil Myers combined to go 5-for-27 (.185) in camp? No, of course not.
Benny,
Ill pick him up….actually Id drive to Seattle and get him.
from rab
How can you not love this:
Cleveland Indians: 8-2
Boston Red Sux: 2-8
Hughes vs Jakubauskas in game 2 will probably look more like a football score than a baseball one.
Not sure if this was mentioned this morning, but Rick Pederson was on 1050 ESPN radio this morning and the hosts asked him about Phil and potential reasons for such a dramatic velocity drop. He thinks it could be because of the overuse of the cutter – that this is not uncommon in pitchers. It’s different with Mo because his FB naturally moves like that…….but for most, it doesn’t. We all know that Phil has fallen in love with his cutter; apparently, the cutter is not (per Pederson) easy on the arm………… How is it possible, if this is the case, that the Yankees have not noticed this? Enough with the cutter, I think. I’m not saying Pederson is definitely right, but I have heard from many sources that the cutter is not an easy pitch. He also thinks that it’s possible Phil is not throwing his FB enough – too many cutters, not enough FB (in terms of those hard pitches; he didn’t mention the breaking pitches.
How can you not love this:
Cleveland Indians: 8-2Tampa Rays: 2-8Boston Red Sux: 2-8
FTFY
The first place to seek guidance for what lies in store for these two teams is baseball history. Going back to the first year of expanded playoffs (1995), there have been 128 playoff teams. Of these 128 playoff teams, only three started 2-8 or worse: the 2007 Philadelphia Phillies, the 2001 Oakland Athletics and the 1995 Cincinnati Reds. This number is right in line with expectations –given the final records of all playoff teams over that period, you’d expect 2.4 percent of those teams to have started the season with two or fewer wins.
A cutter really isn’t hard on the arm if its thrown like a cutter was meant to be thrown….if its thrown like a slider then maybe.
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb.....%3d6336842
Betsy-Thanks for posting that. I have no idea if Rick Pederson is correct or not.
What I do know is this:
Hughes needs to throw the change-up a lot more and he needs to throw his curve-ball a lot more.
Those secondary pitches seem to be invisible.
Hughes references those pitches a lot, but once the season begins, those pitches are not thrown very often.
Why not add the change-up and put that pitch in the back of the batter’s head.
Same goes for the curve????
I don’t quite understand.
If Moose can win 20 games with a 85 mph fastball, then Hughes should be able to win some games with his own 88 mph fastball.
That’s so strange Betsy.. especially because Phil doesn’t even seem to think of the cutter as a cutter (or he thinks of it as a cutter.. but its basically a slider.. or something equally confusing).
I don’t understand how Phil was working out before ST. Maybe he was literally just focusing on throwing his off speed stuff for a month or something and the FB just got away from him? Is that possible?
Has Peterson worked with Hughes?
Pete Abe
ACTA Sports sent out their stat of the week just now. And it’s not pretty, Red Sox fans. They examined the first 10 games played by all teams from 2002-10. There were 39 teams that won 0-3 of their first 10 games. Of those 39 teams, only one team won 90 games (the 2002 Angels) and only two others (the 2006 Padres and the 2007 Phillies) made the playoffs. Here’s the good news: The 2002 Angels won 99 games and the World Series after a 3-7 start. They also had John Lackey. So clearly the Sox must follow the lead of their No. 2 starter to the promised land. He knows what needs to be done.
this isn’t the same John Lackey from 2002
Not a big fan of putting Phil in the pen as I while it helped him in certain respects, I also think it hurt him.
Its kinda funny we aren’t even 20 games in and you can hear the many splashes from everyone jumping ship re: the Red Sox.
I kinda liked our week long stint as the underdogs. Oh well, back to being the Evil Empire!!
Tom, is your point that Pederson’s hypothesis is a bad one? If so, I disagree – he did not say it was definitely the cause, but I venture to guess he’s seen this happen to a few pitchers and that he knows what he’s talking about.
Warning, IMO, he’s basically given up on his curve (I couldn’t believe it when he said after ST last year that his change was better than the curve – behind his FB and cutter in terms of effectiveness. This, after maybe having a few good games with it in ST) and has not honestly committed to the change. If he doesn’t become better than he is now (I mean, last year’s version), this reluctance to accept that he needs these pitches will be a key reason why.
Shame, I don’t know what Phil does in the off-season – how hard he works, what kind of work he puts in. I said this last year – he’s too “into” his cutter – in essence, he loves his hard pitches too much and his softer ones not enough.
Betsy-From what I have seen so far in 2011, Hughes has lost the zip on his fastball.
Fine. If the reason is the need to build arm strength, then that is acceptable.
But why has Phil abandoned the curve or the change? Those pitches can get hitters out and keep the hitters off his fastball.
I just don’t understand.
Listen, if Hughes continues to pitch poorly the Yankees will have no choice but to send him down to the minors or demote him to the bullpen.
Its that simple!!
At this point in 2011 I don’t think you can really discuss PH’s mix of pitches beacuse he doesn’t have his FB. Everything works of his 93 MPH FB. When he gets that back then I believe we’ll see him pitch and mix pitches, as he acknowledged after last year that he must do. Right now he’s just trying anything to get outs. He’s not “pitching” yet.
Hughes does not have the command that Mussina did. Hughes is a young power pitcher, he depends on a good four-seem fastball with little movement and that’s why the drop in velocity is significant. The fast ball sets up everything else. Evidence of this is how much trouble he has had as of late putting hitters away with two-strikes; lots of foul balls.
What I dont understand is, regardless of what Phil is in love with or not in love with in his repertoire, who was guiding him to drop the curve?! Or why didn’t anyone say, “Hey kid, remember that pitch you threw that worked? Keep throwing that one.”
I have to believe the Yankees scouts, coaches, etc have seen Phil over the years and his progression. I can’t imagine they haven’t worked closely with him to get his pitches straightened out. And all this makes me not worry for Phil but for our organization
WT, I have no idea……….I’m not sure he thinks they are that vital to his success as a SP. He admitted this past ST that he got stubborn last year in not using the change……..then when he needed it, it wasn’t there. Given how the Yankees have pounded it into his head that the change will make him a better pitcher, I can not explain Phil’s thinking. He’s forever tinkering with his curve- it’s now a shadow of what it used to be. Go figure.
NYYRoc, if he had a very good curve and a decent change, he might not be getting absolutely pounded. He’s naked out there without his FB – if this doesn’t teach him anything, nothing will. I agree that the FB has to come first now…..but as to the other part of your statement, I’ll wait and see.
All of the succees Hughes has had, and will have, is predicated on his fastball.
Phil also needs to learn to put hitters away; I guess it wasn’t a problem for him in the minors because he was generally better than those he faced. Now that’s not the case and he has to adjust somehow.
Tom, he can not get by being a 1 or 2 pitch pitcher; that is what has hurt AJ’s career. No one is saying that he should abandon his FB.
Hughes is not using his curve since it is getting hit. Reduced arm speed not only slows the fastball, but also slows the rotation of a curve.
Hughes agrees he cannot win with an 88-89 mph fastball. He has publicly said that a number of times. With that mindset and that probable reality of it, he must either increase his armspeed or find out why he cannot.
As for an MRI, where would they begin without pain or specific physical weakness? His shoulder, his elbow, his hips etc. could all be candidates. That is likely inappropriate medicine.
Shame, his curve in the majors has not been good….I know CB and SJ discussed this – hitters see it too well and it gets hit hard. His curve in the minors was considered plus – IF he can throw it like that again, maybe he should.
What I find ironic is, Phil seems to have a lot of room for error.
If this were Joba, how badly do you think he would be getting blasted by the media?
It would be the perfect storm.
Hughes needs to learn how to pitch and fast because as of today, I have much more faith in Colon over Hughes.
Some of you may not agree with me, but the way Colon has pitched(even in the loss to the sox), the man appears to know how to get outs.
Hughes is naked out there and since he does not have faith in his secondary pitches, Hughes is setting himself up for disaster after disaster on the mound.
Austin, then the ? has to be asked: why is the curve getting hit? He picked it up quickly when the Yanks taught it to him………..It’s odd, he picked up the cutter as well, but that pitch (the regular cutter he threw last year) abandoned him in ST. It almost seems like pitches that he’s picked up quickly don’t stay with him.
Few pitchers can win with a sub-par FB, not just Phil………..having secondary pitches would make life easier for him as I noted above, but it is hard to live at 88-89, especially for a kid used to throwing a lot harder. That’s a big adjustment for a vet like Mussina to make, nevermind a young pitcher like Phil.
WT, Phil is getting criticized by the media even if they aren’t generating headlines. Read Madden’s tidbit (actually, don’t, lol). Most of the media has said that Phil has nothing going for him without his FB- that is a damning comment on where he is as a pitcher. Fans are questioning what his real potential is as well – he is getting the same treatment as Joba did.
Colon’s stuff looks better than both Hughes’ and Garcia’s (I know we only saw a bit of Garcia but Colon’s stuff has been ridiculously dominant).
Colon is cracking our rotation this season, no doubt about it. What will be interesting is who he ends up replacing.
I wonder how hard Colon throws? He may have better stuff than Phil in general, even without the dip in velocity. If he replaces anyone, it will be Phil. Why would we even think about him replacing Garcia when he hasn’t even started yet?
Betsy,
Hughes curve looks loopy to me and not sharp. Hitters recognize a pitch that goes first up and then down as a curve. A good, sharp curve starts at the same elevation as a fastball in my view.Why the pitch is like that, I don’t know.
I do know, Hughes has no pitch to rely on at this moment. Unless bullpen sessions show increased velocity, I think it is a big mistake to run him out there again. Find the problem, fix it and then start him. Not acknowledge the problem, pitch him and hope it won’t go horribly.
It’s all about the fastball and velocity:
In Hughes first game last year, he threw 36 fastballs which averaged 92.7 to 94.4 mph, and he elicited 7 swings and misses.
In his first start this season, Hughes threw 40 fastballs with NO swings and misses. His fastball velocity was 89.25 to 91 mph.
Shame-If Colon can help the Yankees get win’s, then I am all for him joining the rotation.
Phil might have more room for error than Nova, but each of them must pitch well enough to stay in the rotation. If not, one or both could be replaced.
I don’t think either of them have as much job security as A.J.
Temporarily, of course……
Austin, I’ve seen Phil throw a very nasty curve at times……..but he just can’t do it consistently anymore. I remember one he threw to Zimmerman of the Nats I think in 2009 – and then against the Jays and AJ at the end of 2008.
It’s more than just velocity, it’s life. Phil does not have an overpowering FB in any way, but he has late life – that’s gone now
Warning – I agree. I still think Garcia ends up being the goat of this rotation though…. and I have no facts to prove that so please, no one pester me
I just have a feeling Garcia gets bumped. Probably not before Hughes has to be skipped for a start or two to get him straight, but I have faith Phil will turn things around this season. I also think the organization is too dependent on him doing so to let him fall out of the starting rotation this season.
Hope to pick this up later – have to go. Have a good day!
No matter the topic, this place always seems to turn into the Lohud Phil Hughes Blog
jaysonst Today’s Rumblings trivia: 3 active hitters have hit 150+ HR for more than one team. Can you name them?
Answer in column http://es.pn/hIm3dZ
Phil needs a Copenhagen Baptism.
4 shots of Everclear, 1 shot teqilla and 1 shot Wild Turkey server with a deepfried chickens foot.
That will clean out the demons so he can start pitching again.
Write that down.
Betsy,
I agree about the curves, but that was 2-3 years ago. His current pitch doesn’t have enough bite. You can see that by the swings the batters are getting.
None of this means permanent problems, but he does has current issues that must be resolved for him to pitch reasonably effectively
It would be a damn shame if Josh Hamilton has to go on the DL before this weekend’s series against the Yankees.
Just a damn shame I tell you.
The idea that Hughes can’t put hitters away is just an optical illusion.
Does he go into a lot of deep counts with hitters fouling off his fastball? Maybe.
But that doesn’t mean he can’t put hitters away. He struck out 144 batters in 175 innings last year which is a plenty above league average K rate.
For all the flak that AJ Burnett gets for being a 2 pitch pitcher, he’s had a pretty nice career thus far. He’s had exactly one subpar full season his entire career, has 112 career wins, a 3.99 career ERA, and 8.2 career K/9 rate while pitching against some of the best competition in the major leagues since he came into the league.
I’m not saying that Phil being AJ Burnett is necessarily a good thing. But it isn’t necessarily a bad thing either. For the record, I’m still one that believes that Phil is a generational Yankee talent who is going to have a great, not good, career here for the next 10 + years. I believed it before this year and two bad starts with him showing subpar velocity shouldn’t change anyone’s mind on how they perceive him as a pitcher.
Does anyone think that he actually is going to mysteriously settle in as a pitcher with an 88 MPH fastball after throwing 91-95 when he’s been healthy his entire career, including last year? If it happens, it would be one of the most unprecedented, bizarre occurrences in Yankee pitching history. I’ll bank money on that it won’t happen and that the organization will find a way to fix it sooner rather than later.
Alex, Giambi and ?
Or I could have clicked the link…
Is there a guess the line-up in 2011?
Sorry for asking, but I knew this was the place to get a direct answer
Jim Thome the other?
Here’s how some of the farm crops did last night.
http://minormatterstrenton.blo.....il-11.html
The only thing wrong with DJ Mitchell was pitch count in his first start of the season.
Warning Track Power April 12th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Is there a guess the line-up in 2011?
Sorry for asking, but I knew this was the place to get a direct answer
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I think it was supposed to resume today, but I’m guessing it’s off indefinitely. I believe Doreen is having some trouble with the resident Lohud stalker.
Brackman starting for SWB tonight.
Poor Doreen! I saw something vague about that yesterday and hope everything is ok. I swear, we could do a reality show on the blog and call it LoHud: When S**t Gets Real.
Nick, It was Vlad. I too thought Thome
Andrew Brackman is supposed to make his first AAA start tonight. That’s gotta scare the hitters. Imagine a 6’11″ right handed starter being relieved by a 6’10″ left hander in Sisco.
Erin April 12th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Warning Track Power April 12th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Is there a guess the line-up in 2011?
Sorry for asking, but I knew this was the place to get a direct answer
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I think it was supposed to resume today, but I’m guessing it’s off indefinitely. I believe Doreen is having some trouble with the resident Lohud stalker.
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I had no idea of the situation.
I feel horrible for asking.
There is supposedly rain in the forcast for late afternoon here in Tampa, it has looked yucky out and then the sun comes out and it looks beautiful. I wish it would make up its mind. I am hoping to see a good game tonight.
Warning Track Power-don’t feel bad! I’m sure you weren’t the only one who was wondering.
wallacematthews Yankee Stadium loudspeakers outside announcing tonight’s game rained out; media hasn;t been told anything. Could be a mistake. Stay tuned
Interesting article…thanks for the link.
It reminds me of reading where Sandy Koufax was in a training camp once trying to instruct young pitchers about the advantage of taking as long a stride as possible…I think it was Kevin Brown who blew him off…as if Sandy had no clue.
# pat April 12th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
wallacematthews Yankee Stadium loudspeakers outside announcing tonight’s game rained out; media hasn;t been told anything. Could be a mistake. Stay tuned
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Thats kinda odd.. no? Can’t remember the last time we found out about a rain-out via the loudspeakers at the stadium..
New Post w/lineup
Warning Track Power and Erin
I think Doreen asked a few people to let everyone know that she wouldn’t be doing GTLU anymore. They may have posted it when you werent around.
wallacematthews Today’s lineup: gardner jeter teixeira rodriguez cano swisher posada granderson martin burnett
Vatican City Times is reporting rain outs through the end of Lent
Love the article on D-Rob, besides Mo he has always been my favorite reliever, even when he loses a game I dont get mad, I just feel bad for him.