Jorge Posada News

Will the Yankees be willing to give Johnny Damon, 36, the long-term contract he seems to covet? Johnny Damon may love New York and the Yankees , but the free-agent outfielder stressed Tuesday that he has heard from other interested clubs; that he would like to hear from the Yankees ; and that he felt he was worthy of a long-term deal.

A catcher has won the 2009 American League Most Valuable Player Award. It was not Yankees catcher, Jorge Posada, but Minnesota's Joe Mauer.

The Yankees face another regression-related situation. They had an old roster in 2009.

Joe Torre may bleed Dodgers blue these days, but a buildup of pinstriped material still exists in his arteries.

No Yankees coach except hitting instructor Kevin Long is signed for next year. And while the general feeling is that the rest of Joe Girardi's staff is wanted back, none has been offered a contract for 2010.

Joe Girardi's contract expires after next season. CHICAGO - Joe Girardi couldn't have more job security spiritually than he does right now as the Yankees' manager.

Upon further review ... baseball general managers like instant replay the way it is.

World Series MVP Hideki Matsui meets David Letterman on 'The Late Show' Thursday night.

Lost in the Ozone... ...An eclectic mix of local Politics, Education, Community Affairs, Environment, History, Birding,Jamaica Bay, Ridgewood Reservoir, Forest Park, and other assorted items of interest... Concentrating on the Borough of Queens in New York City...and the neighborhoods of Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and South ...

Seven-year-old Nikko Andre accidentally blurted out to his teacher that he would be skipping school on Friday so he could go to his first Yankees championship parade.

This was no typical baseball brawl, with the requisite pushing, shoving and milling about.

Hoping to strike while the iron is hot, a couple of industry giants are hoping to grab some new Yankee memorabilia customers on a home shopping show.

NEW YORK - Derek Jeter was one of the few who had been there before. One of the few who had ridden between those towering buildings, had seen the strips of paper dancing through the sky, had heard the buzz of more than a million screaming voices.

Athletics 11. Blue Jays 12. Reds 13. White Sox 14. Brewers 15. Rangers 16. Cubs 17.

Baseball general managers failed to take a vote Tuesday on expanding instant replay following a postseason filled with blown calls by umpires.

With the Red Sox no longer in the playoffs, this week's World Series is but an afterthought for many Boston fans.

Baseball general managers failed to take a vote Tuesday on expanding instant replay following a postseason filled with blown calls by umpires.

Pinstripe paranoia, a seasonal ailment, has plagued many of us since 1949, when Joe Page, predecessor of the peerless Panamanian, Mariano Rivera, was a prime reliever.

Please tell me Cub fans and the media aren't going to talk about how Joe Girardi is about to win the World Series and how the Cubs passed on him for Lou Piniella...oh wait, they already did .

Jorge Posada signs a baseball for a fan during the Yankees victory parade route.