After being ejected, Posada charged Carlson and a bench-clearing brawl erupted. Both players received three-game suspensions. Posada was ejected six times during his career. Recovered from his surgery, Posada caught in games and batted. He appeared in all six World Series games as hit two home runs as the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies for their first Series triumph in nine years. One of the highlights of the campaign for Posada was his 11th straight Opening Day start at catcher.
In June during an interleague series against Houston, he became the first Yankee since Bill Dickey in to hit grand slams in consecutive games. But at the age of 38, his offensive output fell off:. After the season, Posada had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to fix a torn meniscus. In the spring of , Posada was in a slump at the plate, and on May 14 against the Red Sox, manager Girardi moved him to ninth in the batting order.
Posada felt this was an insult and asked to be removed from the lineup. He told reporters that he needed to clear his head, and that he had stiffness in his back. Posada later told management that he regretted what he did. In June Posada ended his slump, batting.
He finished the season with a. The Tigers won the series in five games. After the series Posada was asked by a reporter if this was the end of his career with the Yankees.
Girardi praised the year veteran on his performance in the ALDS and his career. Disappointed, in January of , he retired as a player. In Posada was a guest instructor during spring training, and on August 16, , his number 20 was retired in a ceremony at Yankee Stadium.
Even though Posada loved playing for the Yankees, he had a reputation of whining occasionally throughout his career. One episode occurred at the start of the season when he complained about being the designated hitter rather than catching. The veteran said he felt disrespected.
He would occasionally disregard scouting reports and call pitches on the fly in defiance. Posada also criticized what he saw as a change in the clubhouse culture. The catcher wrote that he knew his career was probably over on October 6, , when he came to the plate in the eighth inning in the final game of the ALDS against Detroit trailing and grounded out. I put my head on the ground and wailed, shoulder-heaving sobs tearing at me.
In the book Posada expressed bitterness about his retirement. But he said that the Yankee organization was good to him after he retired. At the home opener in , the club asked him to throw out the opening pitch. He did so in front of 50, fans, and his father, who had ridden him hard as a child, caught it. I think the guys who need to be in the Hall of Fame need to be a player that played the game with no controversy.
On January 21, , Posada married Laura Mendez, an attorney, whom he had met three years earlier. They have has two children, Jorge Jr. Their son was born with craniosynostosis, a birth defect in which the plates of the skull fuse together to impede the growth of the brain, and which has required numerous surgeries. The Posadas established the Jorge Posada Foundation to further research into the condition and provide emotional assistance to families with children affected by it.
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