With Jorge Posada likely to announce his retirement -- unless another team suddenly has an opening at second base -- it's time for the retrospectives to come pouring in. One of the better short ones you'll read comes from Tyler Kepner, who may or may not have had this one in the can for a year, George-Burns-obituary-style.
NEW YORK TIMES: A Brief History Of Jorge Posada
The overview starts with the frayed shoulder that was the beginning of the end, and it ends after coming full circle.
His final season was difficult, as it so often is for aging stars. Posada refused to play in a game against the Red Sox in May, despondent that Girardi had dropped him to ninth in the batting order. The front office fumed, but the fans forgave, and four months later, Posada hit the go-ahead single in the eighth inning of the division clincher.
Not sure whose decision it was to convert a 19-year-old second baseman who led the New York-Penn League in double plays, but it worked.
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