Posada pissed ...

[Frayed Knot]

... about something.

Slated to hit 9th in today's lineup, Posada told reporters prior to the game that he wasn't mad about it and how he realized that his hitting put himself in that position.
But then he went into Girardi's office about an hour before first pitch and told him he wasn't ready to play. "There's no injury" involved is about all Cashman will say. Apparently Posada will have something to say after the game.

Speculation ranges from a retirement announcement (and walk out on $13 mil - not bloody likely) to a suspension from the team for refusing to play, to the team taking steps to terminate his contact unless this mini-strike ends.

[HahnSolo]

Impossible. He's a true Yankee! Core Four! All about the team and winning!

This can't be!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That's great. Thank Omar too for jacking up his price last time he was a free agent.


Squat on this, Brian.

[Fman99]

I think he couldn't play because he had the scoots in his diaper. The baby.

[metirish]

Klapisch is making a holy show of himself on twitter


BobKlap Posada in total no-win situation - salary, reputation, playing time - all at stake. Not even Jeter can back him on this.


Um yeah , Jeter is well known for sticking up for his team mates.

[G-Fafif]

The postgame parade of hanging Posada out to dry may have been the most enjoyable MFY moment since 2004. At least as good as the Rangers bouncing them last October. Girardi made him sound like a pouting head case. YES was all "no, there's nothing physically wrong with him." And Posada didn't do himself any favors with "I needed a day."

You know what day Real Yankees don't need? A game against their archrivals when then their archrivals' ace is on the mound.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

What's more True Yankee-- opting out of the lineup against your team's chief rivals when your team's struggling offensively because you're hitting ninth (when you're basically on the roster as an honorarium anyway), or being the chief figurehead of an organization that [crossout:3k5unuaz]perpetually sucks itself off about[/crossout:3k5unuaz] prides itself on class and practically running to the mics postgame to BURY that first guy?

I say the second.

[Ceetar]

and his wife rushed to twitter/facebook to make up a fake injury in defense of him. good stuff.

[G-Fafif]

Dickey sucked Saturday, but at least he didn't throw a hissyfit about batting ninth.

[Frayed Knot]

The only post-game quotes I heard were Posada claiming he needed the time to "clear his head"..
When a follow-up asked if this one game accomplished that he added something along the lines of, 'no, I'm going to need more time'.

OK this could get interesting. Not least of which because between the DH spot and the Yanx carrying 13 pitchers Girardi starts the game with just 3 bench players: Posada, the backup IFer whathisname, plus and Cervelli the backup catcher.

[Centerfield]

Have you seen his numbers? The best thing he can do for his team is to ask out of the lineup.

What am amazing guy. Putting the team first.

[Guest Edgy DC]

One can also read some Thor-like succession-bitterness backstory here, as Posada was orignally Giaradi's backup, and there was even increudlity among Yankee fans that a backup with a funny name like Jorge Freakin' Posada, and not Girardi was the catcher on a day when a perfect game was thrown.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: The only post-game quotes I heard were Posada claiming he needed the time to "clear his head"..

I've heard him speak. I'm not sure whether to classify that as unnecessary or redundant.
Later

[dgwphotography]

so Jorge Posada is a whiney bitch... F'n shocker...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Posada apologizes, Joe accepts, gets a standing O as a PH tonight (walks)... and the MFYs swept at home. It's a feel-good story all-around.

[G-Fafif]

MFYs spent the entire weekend in need of a day.

Cue the brooms.

[Gwreck]

I really wish we were playing the MFYs right NOW!!! instead of this coming weekend. Although maybe it'll be even better if they get trounced by the Devil Rays in Tampa this week first.

[Guest Number 6]

I'm gonna give some credit to Yankee fans for the standing O. Not sure if that sentiment will be popular around here, but I've had the occasional emotional blow-up day and I know I appreciated whatever forgiveness I got.

[Gwreck]

I don't know. Even viewed is as neutral as a light as possible (ie. setting aside my MFY-hatred), I can't see any way that Posada was anything other than 100% in the wrong. I guess it was nice that they appreciate a long-time player on their team but the ovations and what not can wait until he decides he's retiring, whether that be this week or at the end of this season.

I think what strikes me as strange is how blame gravitates towards Cashman. I also think the guy is a tool but it's clear that he knows what he's doing and is trying to make that team better/consistently competitive yet his decisions have been "undercut" lately, whether by management (extra $$ to Jeter; giving up the draft pick to get Soriano) or now the fans' taking of Posada's side.

[Frayed Knot]

I just think it's natural for fans to back the popular 17-year vet over the suits without really evaluating who might be wrong.

What was fun about this whole thing was that the MFY reaction had all their trademark "protect the brand" moves:
- by the 2nd inning Cashman had gone to every media outlet short of Oprah to get out the story that an uninjured Posada had backed out and, without saying so, let the retirement option hang out there for all to ponder as well as mentioning that they were "reviewing all their options"; ie, "Get me the legal dept on the phone and tell them to bring a copy of dumbo's contract"
- that Posada & Girardi had never been warm and fuzzy with each other even dating back to their mutual playing days was known but suddenly it became OK to talk about it so as to create sides
- the Posada apology not only sounded about as sincere as the one delivered by John Cleese's Archie while Wanda's brother was hanging him upside-down and out a window but it dealt almost exclusively with how he hurt the team and the fans. I think they just dusted off the script they made Zimmer read at knifepoint after his charge at Pedro, the one I think was the final straw in his break with pinstriped hell.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't konw if Zimmer was sincere or not, but he cried out loud. Blubbered like a pot of boiling soup.

Siupposedly, the final straw for him was them jerking Torre around. But why he should have to break with them on principle but not Torre (until later) was lost on me.

[metirish]

So many things to like here , Posada is a jerk...FU jerk.......the team as a whole is just plain terrible right now and have been for a while. Great too that the talking heads the last few nights on national games brought up all the other players hitting woes when talking about Posada.


Cashman doesn't seem to handle these situations all that well does he?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

metirish wrote: Cashman doesn't seem to handle these situations all that well does he?

A series of moves going back to the offseason's outset suggest that Cashman seems to have lost patience with the Yankee Way, period. He's been Mr. Go Ahead And Fire Me for months now.

[HahnSolo]

Ding Dong Bondy takes this opportunity to--of course--fellate Jeter:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2011/05/16/2011-05-16_jeter_the_right_man_to_lead_team_out_of_this_sorry_state.html

[metirish]

Ding Dong Bondy takes this opportunity to--of course--fellate Jeter: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2011/05/16/2011-05-16_jeter_the_right_man_to_lead_team_out_of_this_sorry_state.html

OMFG

What the Yanks need to do, very clearly, is to shut up and let Derek Jeter handle all public relations and disciplinary matters. Jeter may not be the same hitter - his average has dropped again to .260 - yet he is the same master of deflection. Once more Sunday, Jeter was the voice of reason in a wilderness of sheer stupidity. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2011/05/16/2011-05-16_jeter_the_right_man_to_lead_team_out_of_this_sorry_state.html#ixzz1MWvco1kN

[Ceetar]

Don't I recall Jeter being pissed earlier in the season about getting a day off and not knowing about it before reading it on the lineup card?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ding Dong Bondy takes this opportunity to--of course--fellate Jeter: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2011/05/16/2011-05-16_jeter_the_right_man_to_lead_team_out_of_this_sorry_state.html OMFG What the Yanks need to do, very clearly, is to shut up and let Derek Jeter handle all public relations and disciplinary matters. Jeter may not be the same hitter - his average has dropped again to .260 - yet he is the same master of deflection. Once more Sunday, Jeter was the voice of reason in a wilderness of sheer stupidity. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2011/05/16/2011-05-16_jeter_the_right_man_to_lead_team_out_of_this_sorry_state.html#ixzz1MWvco1kN

Even more interesting is Buster Olney saying today that unnamed MFY Brass is unhappy with Jeter for having taken Posada's side.

What this looks like to me is Joe Girardi getting fired.

PS, Bondy was doing a slight, tongue-in-cheek exaggeration thruout on his piece, I thought.

[HahnSolo]

The quote Irish highlighted was probably tongue-in-cheek, but I didn't think the tone or message of the article in full was tongue-in-cheek.

[metirish]

HahnSolo wrote: The quote Irish highlighted was probably tongue-in-cheek, but I didn't think the tone or message of the article in full was tongue-in-cheek.

when it comes to Bondy and Jeter the only tongue in cheek is the one Bondy has planted between The Captain's arse cheeks.

[Guest Edgy DC]

It was only a matter of time before the conversation so turned.