Posada doesn’t expect a Yankees return
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Nov 09, 2011 
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I’ll have more when I get home, but Jorge Posada just told reporters that he does not expect to play for the Yankees next season. In fact, he’s ruled out the possibility of coming back
to the Bronx.
Speaking at an event for his foundation, Posada said he’s trying to decide between retirement and playing for another team. He said he’ll
always consider himself a Yankee and does not feel bitter toward Joe Girardi, Brian Cashman or the organization.
It’s too bad, I would have loved to see Posada retire as a Yank. He definitely has some gas left in the tank and the Yanks have better options already on the roster so it is probably inevitable that he signs with another team.
Hip! Hip!
i still doubt that he will want to wear another team’s uniform, like bernie.
he doesn’t need any money, i doubt 100 more hits will effect his hof chances.
the toughest thing for an longtime athlete is to call it quits. and that applies not only in the professional arena, but to the amateur. think of all the weekend warriors who push it to extremes, despite a slew of injuries.
i know, i’m not in that group, so whom am i to say. i prefer to think that it makes me objective…..
More from Bryan Hoch’s time in Fantasy Camp.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....um=twitter
Joe,
The third bone you break is all it takes.
Patrick,
Co-signed.
Hip, hip Jorge!
Thanks for all the memories. You will always be a Yankee for us, too.
Joe,
Being forced out by age is tough on anybody, regardless of the job. Nobody wants to believe he’s not immortal.
rafaelrojasc Rafael Rojas C
#Nationals C Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped at his home in Maracay, Venezuela. Situation developing.
#Nationals C Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped at his home in Maracay, Venezuela. Situation developing.
Wow….probably a ransom situation. Prayers to he and his family……hopefully nobody gets hurt.
venezuela is a brutal place. there have been stories, over the years, of ballplayers’ family members being kidnapped, for the ransom.
Glad Montero isn’t there this winter.
luis,
If you come around, what’s the deal?
He went out with a live bat when they needed him. A damn near perfect ending, save the sixth ring and a proper Yankee Stadium sendoff.
The last #20 in a Yankees uniform.
If Jorge wants to play for another team it’s absolutely fine with me.
But if he ends up in Boston he needs to realize that he could get booed at some point. Nothing personal there….booing the laundry is strictly a matter of business.
He’ll not play for Boston.
hear, hear, hardwired. No one else wears No. 20 again.
Jorge FINALLY FREE !
Remember remember, the first of December .
Jorge wouldn’t play for Boston. Heyman speculated the Marlins but I really think he’s going to hang Uhm up….
If he still has fun playing, he should follow his heart.
BloggingBombers Mark Feinsand
Posada’s wife, Laura, chimed in when Jorge was asked about playing for a new team: “We live in Miami, so… We love Miami. Nice transition.”
Laura Posada: “I think after … he realizes how hard it is to stay home with the kids, he’s going to pay a team to have him play.”
Posada: “I will always be a Yankee. It would be tough to put on another uniform for real, to learn another set of rules and all that stuff.”
Despite all of Posada’s words, it sounds like he’s truly undecided about whether to play in ’12.
Love Posada, a fiery leader for the Yanks.
If he goes to another team, I wish him the best.
blake November 9th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
#Nationals C Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped at his home in Maracay, Venezuela. Situation developing.
Wow….probably a ransom situation. Prayers to he and his family……hopefully nobody gets hurt.
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Wtf? That’s wild.
Meanwhile, it’s good to see Posada is realistic. A great Yankee who somehow seems underrated.
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He may never have worn a “:C” on his chest,but in my eyes he has been as big of a leader as anybody on the Yankees over the last 15 years.
Secuestro express (express kidnapping) is a pretty frequent occurrence in many Latin American countries. I travel to Ecuador at least once a year and it’s not even really that safe to hail a cab.
I love the line by Laura that after staying home with the kids, he’ll want to pay a team to let him play.
Yes, they live in Miami, but they play in the NL. He’ll be the Jim Thome of South Beach. A man with no glove.
I don’t know why or how the word bitter came up. Is that your words, Chad? I don’t know why, but it bothers me.
The words “no bitterness” was put forward by Posada.
Any chance that they have a fondness for robins in South america?
GB7,
Thanks. Sounds like someone from the Yankees has already informed Jorge that he won’t be asked back.
Jorge can still catch and play a good 1st base
Marlins can be a playoff team next year adding Reyes, CJ Wilson, and Posada
Wouldn’t that be cool…Jorge goes to the Marlins and wins #6.
M,
Cashman says he hasn’t talked with Posada since the end of the season, but, likely Posada saw the writing on the wall. He knows that Montero will be at least the hitter and defensive catcher that Posada was back in his hey day.
I hope Jorge hangs them up. I hate the idea of seeing him in another uniform. And the man has nothing left to prove. There is a lot to be said for riding off into the sunset on your own terms with no regrets and no looking back–ask Mussina. All this having been said, I fully expect Posada to come back with another club next year, because he strikes me as being too darn stubborn to walk away now…
Had Mussina not rode off into the sun he probably would have won a World Series. The temptations..
GreenBeret7 November 9th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
The words “no bitterness” was put forward by Posada.
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Translation: Posada is pissed. I’m sure that he would love nothing more than to shove it up Cashman’s and Girardi’s asses in the 2012 WS as a member of the Marlins.
PSU BOT press conference at 10.
RadioKev November 9th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Had Mussina not rode off into the sun he probably would have won a World Series. The temptations..
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I was a huge Moose fan, but that guy had the worst luck: He just missed two perfect games, a World Series, and possibly his (rightful) induction into the HoF. I’m not convince the that the Yanks would have won the 2009 WS if he had hung around–YS probably would have gotten hit by a comet in the ninth inning of game seven, or something.
A recap on Cashman’s talk with Marc Carig at fund raiser tonight.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....osada.html
Here’s the espn version:
http://espn.go.com/new-york/ml.....nna-happen
“Translation: Posada is pissed. I’m sure that he would love nothing more than to shove it up Cashman’s and Girardi’s asses in the 2012 WS as a member of the Marlins.”
Doubt he could do much shoving as a BUC on a 4th or 5tha place team.
Word starting to leak Paterno is done
True.
LGY November 9th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Word starting to leak Paterno is done
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What do you mean? Didn’t he already announce that he is retiring at the end of the season? Did PSU can him?
“Word starting to leak Paterno is done”
Like before Saturday?
Jay Bilas had some interesting words today on the situation.
Paterno needs to be done. Read the GJ report.
Board of Trustees News Conference at 10:00 p.m.
Paterno is out.
Assistant coach Tom Bradley will be the interim coach.
LGY,
Link?
blake
Seeing it a few different places on twitter. I think this guy had it first
@Jim_Gardner: #Paterno is out. #PSUcharges
@BreakingNews: ABC Philly: Penn St coach Paterno will not coach again; asst Tom Bradley is interim coach – @Jim_Gardner http://t.co/P1QrWmPl
The whole sordid affair is just so darn sad….
http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-f.....om-bradley
Wow LGY. Pretty amazing. But if so it’s the right thing to do. Penn State is sh*t at this point – and I don’t mean the football team. Sad for the innocent people who are being affected by this. Not at all sad for the aholes whom I wish were the ones pinned against the wall with a bar of soa. Maybe they will be.
I’ll tell you that the overwhelming sentiment from everything I was hearing was that he shouldn’t have been able to coach Saturday.
It was probably the right thing to do. He should have offered his resignation this morning. It’s still sad, and sad that it was necessary…
Penn St. Nittany Lions coach Joe Paterno will not coach another game, according to Jim Gardner of ABC’s affiliate on the scene of Wednesday night’s board of trustees meeting. Tom Bradley will take over as Penn State’s interim coach, according to Gardner.
LGY breaking news. Wow
http://espn.go.com/espn/commen.....tire-terms
Marc Carig’s full article on Posada.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....witterfeed
Joe Paterno Fired By Penn State Board Of Trustees, According To Report
Wow.
Fired. Joe Paterno.
The trustees obviously feel that he totally abdicated his responsibility for them to not even let him finish out the season. Paterno is still god, so you know how phenomenally serious this all was.
News conference said they did it based on all of the information they garnered.
Still would like to know how many Trustees knew as much about this as Paterno did.
President jettisoned also.
blake – a skeptical person could think that the trustees got rid of Paterno and Spanier as part of a smoke screen so that nobody would start asking questions about whether or not they had knowledge.
I’m seriously not positing they did, since I truly don’t know anything about their info or involvement.
blake November 9th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Still would like to know how many Trustees knew as much about this as Paterno did.
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Me too. The ones that were in the know should do the honorable thing and resign.