Tons of digital and real ink have been spilled regarding Jorge Posada taking himself out of the lineup when Joe Girardi dropped him in the order to ninth, which I thought was really nice - dude is making $13MM at the end of his (most likely) last contract in MLB, is batting a cool .165 at the time, and showed very little sign of coming out of his funk. I get that he's prideful and arrogant - both qualities are fine and dandy in MLB players. Along with that should come a certain amount of intelligence regarding your own production and your team's performance.
He's lucky the Yankees haven't benched him. Besides the six homers, he's done nothing at the plate that would suggest he can still hit major league pitching. Mistake hitters need to have some endearing quality that allows them to stay in the lineup - great defense, solid baserunning, taking lots of walks...something. All Posada's good for right now is sucking up a roster spot that could go to another bench player until he figures out a way to be a productive DH.
I think Posada has been a fine player and a heckuva good catcher - never great but usually pretty good. His game-calling always left something to be desired (there are other pitches besides fastball) and his receiving skills were spotty, but his bat was (until last season) enough to more than make up for his defensive shortcomings.
I'm always going to remember Posada as the guy that backstopped four World Series winners (he was barely with the club in 1996). I can't hold a "bad day" against Jorge, but at this point he should know he's probably the 25th man.
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