[外電] Posada to announce retirement on Tuesd

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Posada to announce retirement on Tuesday

Former Yankees catcher to hold news conference at Stadium

By Joey Nowak / MLB.com | 01/23/12 11:13 AM EST


Longtime Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, who spent his entire 17-year Major
League career in pinstripes, will announce Tuesday that he's hanging up his
No. 20 jersey for good.

The Yankees said Monday that Posada, 40, will hold an 11 a.m. ET news
conference at Yankee Stadium to formally announce his retirement. It can be
seen live at MLB.com and yankees.com.

"I will always be a Yankee," Posada said in November. "The New York Yankees,
for me, is my second family."

Posada was one of the "Core Four" -- along with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera
and Andy Pettitte -- that played roles in the Yankees' five World Series
championships from 1996-2009.

The Puerto Rico native, a 24th-round pick in the 1990 First-Year Player Draft
who was converted to catcher from second base, was a .273 hitter with 900
runs, 379 doubles, 275 homers and 1,065 RBIs in 1,829 career games. The
Yankees noted in announcing the news conference that, of the 14 former
catchers currently enshrined in the Hall of Fame, only Yankees legend Yogi
Berra posted higher marks in all three Triple Crown categories of batting
average, home runs and RBIs.

The writing has been on the wall for Posada, whose role with the team
dwindled over the past few seasons -- from the regular starting catcher to
occasional designated hitter and pinch-hitting roles -- and was very much in
doubt for 2012.

Posada hinted at the official announcement last week when he said he would
not be returning this season, ending speculation that he may take another
shot with a different club.

"I'm not getting prepared for another season, that's for sure," Posada said
last week at a fundraiser for Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation at the Seminole
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. "I tried, and it's not in me. ... More
and more days started going by, and nothing's going in the right direction."

Posada leaves as one of the game's most seasoned postseason veterans, ranking
second all-time in playoff games played with 125, and his 119 playoff games
at catcher are the most all-time, ahead of Berra's 63. Posada caught at least
one game in six different World Series.

Posada is one of five players in baseball history to record at least 1,500
hits, 350 doubles, 275 homers and 1,000 RBIs while playing at least half of
his games behind the plate.

Posada trails only Bill Dickey and Berra for games caught as a Yankee, and he
finishes his illustrious career seventh on New York's all-time list for
doubles and walks (936), eighth in homers and 11th in RBIs.

Posada, who caught in part of one game in 2011 as he transitioned to a
designated-hitter role, was a five-time All-Star and five-time American
League Silver Slugger Award recipient.

But Posada struggled throughout the 2011 season after being told before
Spring Training that the club no longer considered him a viable option behind
the plate, posting a batting line of .235/.315/.398 as he transitioned to
being a full-time DH. In fact, he often found himself out of the starting
lineup.

"The fans have been very supportive my whole career, especially this year,"
Posada said after a late-September game, reflecting on what he figured was
the imminent end to a long career in New York. "They've been very supportive.
I've really got to thank them, because they have been there for me the whole
year this year."

The switch-hitter completed a four-year, $52.4 million contract at the end of
last season, and he said as recently as two months ago that he was
entertaining the idea of suiting up for another club. He began his offseason
workouts as he usually does, but has apparently changed his mind about
continuing his career elsewhere.

Posada is sure to present an interesting case for the Hall of Fame, where he
could potentially be reunited with those three teammates -- only Rivera and
Jeter remain with New York -- with whom he came up through the ranks.

"I've played with him since I was 18 years old," Jeter said last week at the
charity event. "It's going to be kind of odd. ... Sometimes you've got to
move on."


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