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JORGE POSADA: “I CAN’T WATCH TODAY’S BASEBALL.”
Yankees legend Jorge Posada, a 4-time World Series champion and one of the faces of the dynasty years, (The Core 4) did not hold back during his interview on Abriendo El Podcast.
Posada said today’s game has become too robotic, too obsessed with formulas, and too accepting of strikeouts.
“The baseball being played today is garbage,” Posada said.
He also pushed back hard on the analytics crowd trying to judge Derek Jeter’s defense strictly through modern numbers.
“You can’t judge Jeter through a computer.”
That line right there is pure old-school Yankees.
Posada came from an era where putting the ball in play mattered. Moving runners mattered. Taking pride in not striking out mattered. He said back then, striking out 100 times in a season felt like you were not doing your job.
Now? Guys can strike out constantly, hit 30 home runs, bat .202, and still get paid like stars.
His message was simple:
The game got smarter on paper, but dumber between the lines. #yankees #repbx
They spend $16K on their son’s travel baseball career. The kid has a nutritionist. Parents are spending $16k a year on travel baseball and calling it ‘opportunity.’ It’s not opportunity. It’s parental foolishness & idolatry dressed up as ambition & success. #WormwoodFTW
Keep the 90’s Yankees out of your mouth when you’re talking about the Dodgers. There is absolutely zero comparison to make. The Yankees traded 16 Top 100 prospects away during that time and were built around a core of five homegrown megastars. Literally every one of them should be in the hall.
Yankees homegrown talent:
Derek Jeter
Jorge Posada
Mariano Rivera
Andy Pettitte
Bernie Williams
Trade acquisitions:
Jim Abbott, David Cone, Tino Martinez, Jeff Nelson, Cecil Fielder, David Weathers, Jim Leyritz, Graeme Lloyd, Hideki Irabu, Chuck Knoblauch, Ed Yarnell, Mark Johnson, David Justice, Denny Neagle.
Free agent signings:
Kenny Rogers, Mariano Duncan, Dwight Gooden (had been out for a year and a half with a drug suspension was a big gamble), Darryl Strawberry (also following a suspension, also a gamble), Wade Boggs, David Wells, Orlando Hernandez
Dodgers homegrown talent:
Will Smith
Andy Pages
Dodgers free agent signings:
Literally everyone else
Straight facts
Baseball is the hardest sport out there
The hand-eye coordination, reaction time, precision, focus, timing, and sheer athletic ability it takes can’t be matched by most other sports
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