New York Yankee Fans - I Did Not Know That About You

For all the stories about how fickle sports fans are in the Big Apple...
For all the stories about how impatient and unforgiving Yankee fans are...
The Jorge Posada incident this weekend, or rather the reaction to it, was a pleasant surprise.

Posada is having a terrible year at the plate for the New York Yankees.
A career .273 batter, he's at .165 this season.
And just when I figured New York fans and media were about to tear him into pieces, Posada made the bait all the more tantalizing to them: He asked to sit out of Saturday's game against rival #1, the Boston Red Sox.

So, Posada asks to sit out of a home game against the Yankees' hated rivals in the middle of a hitting slump (and in the middle of a Yankee losing streak) and what do we get from their fans....
Jeers? Obscenities? Shredding of his public persona with insulting signs in the stands?
Nope. We got NONE of the above. And that's as it should be...

Posada has been an excellent member of the New York community.
He's been a great role model for Major League Baseball as a whole.
And he has handled the New York spotlight better than most.

Let's face it, how many star players can suit up for the Yankees for SIXTEEN seasons and stay out of trouble with fans and/or the media as well as Jorge Posada has?
That's very tough to do....just ask A-Rod or any number of other star Yankees who have failed to keep a positive image in the middle of that media circus.

Sixteen years and so few steps backward for Posada.
He's earned more than a day off in the midst of a hitting slump.
Thankfully, Yankee fans seemed to recognize it.

Hats off to Yankee fans for supporting Posada upon his return to the field as a pinch-hitter on Sunday.
The support was deserved. The applause was classy.

J. Posada: Honorary member of the Billycock Mafia

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