WHY POSADA SHOWED YOUTH IN YANKEES LOSS

I've been longing for the day it would happen again and last night, it happened. Jorge Posada was able to gear up again, squat behind the plate and re-live the ultimate, catching for the New York Yankees again. It was a thrill to see. I wrote about it in AN OPEN LETTER TO JORGE POSADA. I wrote about my love for the guy and to do what the team needed of him. Last night, he did and in my mind, he shined. Unfortunately, it was due to the fact that Russell Martin got his thumb tweaked pretty bad on a ball bending it back. We'll have to keep an eye on that.
Last night there was nothing good about the Yankees, except to see Posada catch again. The Yankees lost the game 6-0, the Angels looked good, Russell Martin got hurt and don't look now, but the Yankees have lost 4 in a row. Luckily, the Red Sox keep losing, or we'd be in a bad bad place. There's no denying though, we need to start winning... now.

Posada looked overexcited, which isn't to say it's a bad thing. He knew he had a shot and was playing harder than ever, you could see it. He was on a mission, proving to the world on a stage in Anaheim that a 40 year old can still catch, still has skill and will not be denied. If you couldn't see that in Jorge's eye last night, you were watching the wrong highlight. It was good to see this guy give it one more shot, I just hope they give him a few more.Dan Haren was real good, he kept the Yankees shut down all game. This is a guy that was in Yankees trade talk, remember? Even the Yankees know what Haren's all about. The Yankee offense consisted of 4 hits. Derek Jeter clubbed a ground rule double. There was a Jesus Montero single. There were 2 other singles and that was it.
The big story clearly wasn't the offense, it was pitching. See, CC was CC through when he allowed only 1 hit, then it fell apart in the 7th inning. The Yanks were down 1-0 and Girardi put in Hector Noesi and suddenly the Yankees had a hole to dig out. Joe Girardi does that, he uses Hector Noesi probably more than he should to rest the bullpen. I don't blame Noesi, he had a bad night. I don't blame anyone, the Angels are hot right now, they're entitled to be hot.

But it's more than the pitching, it's the injuries. Suddenly the Yankees have question marks, and it seems like it's all at once. Russell Martin has a tweaked thumb. Alex Rodriguez is now going to be out for 4 days with his own tweaked thumb. Nick Swisher has elbow tendinitis and is day to day and Cervelli has concussion like symptoms. It all seems to be happening at the same time. What the Yankees cannot do is panic and that goes for all of Yankeeland too. Today is September 11th. They need to reach back deep today, win one for New York and for America and get some confidence back and move on.

Final Score: Angels 6 - Yankees 0

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