Posada's passion will be missed
Photo credit: AP | Yankees catcher Jorge Posada throws to first on a short grounder from Seattle Mariners' Jose Lopez. (July 8, 2010)
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You already knew that Jorge Posada wouldn't return to the Yankees for 2012, so his retirement doesn't shake your system the way that, say, Andy Pettitte's did a year ago. Really, there are few baseball ramifications surrounding Posada's decision.
Nevertheless, we lost something real and cherished Tuesday, when Posada announced at Yankee Stadium that he had played in his final game. We lost...
