During the Red Sox-Yankees game Saturday night — in which Jorge Posada reportedly refused to play — GM Brian Cashman dismissed the suggestion that Posada was unable to play because of a back injury:
Brian Cashman on Jorge Posada: “There is no injury.”
“There is no injury,” Cashman said. “Obviously I’ve talked to Jorgie. I’m not going to comment on my conversations with Jorgie on it. That’s the only thing I’ve got to tell you.”
Posada’s wife brought up the back injury in a tweet, but prior to the game he was working on his defense at first base, and Cashman’s statement doesn’t leave any room for interpretation.
We might never know exactly what happened, but at this writing — the top of the ninth inning, Yankees losing 6-0 — it’s expected that Posada will talk to the media after the game, at which point we’ll at least have his side of things.
Meanwhile the Yankees have other problems as their hitting attack, so productive in April, has sputtered in May, with the Red Sox now just one game away from a Yankee Stadium sweep.
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