It's been a wild 24 hours for Jorge Posada and the New York Yankees. On Saturday, of course, Jorge Posada asked out of a game after finding out Joe Girardi slotted him ninth in the lineup. This caused a whole to-do, and everybody and their mothers seized the opportunity to weigh in on which side was to blame for the mess. It went so far that there was even some talk about whether or not the Yankees would try to void Posada's contract.
Jorge Posada Apologizes To Joe Girardi For Refusing To Play
Well, on Sunday, Posada has taken steps to make the situation less messy. Writes Gabe Lacques:
A contrite Jorge Posada said that he apologized to New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi on Sunday and that in removing himself from the lineup an hour before Saturday’s game, “I let some people down.”
Further, in Posada’s own words:
“I just talked to Girardi, I kind of apologized to him. I had a bad day yesterday. ... Everybody has a bad day. ... One of those days you wish you could take back. ... Everything happens for a reason. You live with your mistakes. You move on. ... What’s done is done. You have to acknowledge that. You have to take care of your actions.”
Posada also plans to apologize to general manager Brian Cashman - if he hasn’t already - and Girardi says that the Yankees aren’t planning on punishing their long-time star. Posada isn’t in the Sunday lineup, but he should be back before long.
This story isn’t going to go away, at least for as long as Posada continues struggling, but these sorts of things ordinarily stay in-house and never see the light of day, and Posada isn’t the first player to do what he did. Now that he’s apologized, the team should be able to move on, even if the people following the team cannot.
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