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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Feinsand: Yankees’ catcher Jorge Posada say he’s pumped up by critics’ chatter

With two years remaining on his contract after this season, Posada knows he won’t be catching the 130-plus games he did every year from 2000-07, but he has no plans to vacate his position any time soon, either.

“I have a lot of fun behind the plate, I enjoy it and I don’t think I’m hurting the team,” he said. “I don’t want to hurt the team. When the time comes that I think I am, I’ll do what I need to do.”

Posada is hardly the first player to deal with this. Derek Jeter’s critics have been calling for the Yankees to move him from shortstop for the past few years, yet the captain continues to take his position every night without a second thought.

“Everybody is going to be criticized at some point, I don’t care who you are,” Jeter said. “It’s how to respond to that criticism that matters. I’ve told him, ‘You’ve got to take criticism as a challenge.’ He’s doing that.”

..."If somebody steals a base off of him, people say, ‘He can’t catch,’” Jeter said. “Maybe a guy just stole a base. That’s the unfortunate thing; once you get labeled, it’s pretty hard to shake that.”

..."People try to read too much into everything,” Posada said. “True baseball fans, they understand.”

I am the backstop man.
Well the men don’t know, but little fans understand.

Repoz Posted: June 23, 2009 at 09:06 AM | 8 comment(s)
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   1. Primakov is once again done with politics  Posted: June 23, 2009 at 08:39 AM (#3229145)
“I have a lot of fun behind the plate"


So do opposing baserunners when you're behind it, Jorge.
   2. willcarrollsux  Posted: June 23, 2009 at 09:37 AM (#3229200)
Huh? Posada has thrown out 33% of attempted steals this year. AL average is 25%.
   3. Joe C and the Pop Culture Portmanteau  Posted: June 23, 2009 at 09:43 AM (#3229215)
Huh? Posada has thrown out 33% of attempted steals this year. AL average is 25%.

I was surprised to see this as well. I think this might relate more to the whole "the pitchers don't like throwing to Posada" thing that has come up over the last few days - something about how Cervelli should get more starts and a bunch of nonsense about catcher ERA.

It's not a real story, at least not yet.
   4. bpasinko  Posted: June 23, 2009 at 09:56 AM (#3229241)
In his first 30 or so ABs Cervelli had about 10 hits and caught a great performance out of Sabathia and he's been living off that ever since.
   5. snapper  Posted: June 23, 2009 at 10:16 AM (#3229270)
Posada looked pretty good Saturday night. He gunned down Bonafacio and Ramirez.

He's always been good with the running game, although people were worried coming off the shoulder surgery. The only substantive criticism has been that he allows a lot of passed balls/wild pitches.
   6. haven  Posted: June 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM (#3229300)
Apparently Sabathia, Burnett and Joba all don't like throwing to Posada. Burnett being the most vehemently opposed to having Posada behind the plate. I know it is likely just perception and that professional pitchers should be able to get over it, but right now it does not seem like a great situation.
   7. SoSH U at work  Posted: June 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM (#3229305)
Apparently Sabathia, Burnett and Joba all don't like throwing to Posada.


Johnson didn't. It is strange that a veteran catcher has had quite a few pitchers who apparently don't like throwing to him.
   8. Robert Machemer  Posted: June 23, 2009 at 10:44 AM (#3229319)
Johnson didn't. It is strange that a veteran catcher has had quite a few pitchers who apparently don't like throwing to him.
Nah, it has to do with Posada's not wearing batting gloves. I wouldn't want to shake Posada's hand after a win either!
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