A Little Respect, Please, for Jorge Posada

Published: September 24, 2007, 10:43 pm

Tags: the city, jorge posada, new york yankees

There are lots of reasons the Yankees have been able to climb out of a 21-29-record, 14.5-games-back hole to all but clinch a playoff spot with a week left in the regular season. There is Alex Rodriguez's otherworldly season: 52 home runs, a .418 on base percentage and a .641 slugging percentage. Joba Chamberlain's 21 2/3 innings of 0.42 ERA, 31 strikeout pitching hasn't hurt either. But lost amid all that is quiet renaissance of Jorge Posada, the Yankees' veteran catcher who is having his finest season at age 36 an age at which most catchers' production is declining precipitously. Posada entered Monday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays hitting .337. That mark is 60 points above his career average, and 50 points above his previous season high. According to Posada, the batting average is not a product of any changes in his approach. I'll tell you the truth I don't know why it's been such a good year, he said, smiling, as he dressed in front of his locker

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