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November 30, 2007

Thursday Afternoon, the Yankees and Posada offcially finalized the four-year, $52.4 million contract that should keep Posada in pinstripes through the 2011 season. The deal will make him baseball’s highest-paid catcher, giving him $13.1 million per season.

“I belong a Yankee,” Posada said. “I’m really happy that I got the chance to sign a good contract, and really happy that I got the chance to stay with the Yankees. Going elsewhere, I was going to hear the offers, but the Yankees made it really tough.”
“It’s really tough to stay with one team,” Posada said. “I think the Yankees really made a strong push to keep me in pinstripes, and I was really happy that I got the chance to do that. To have your whole career with one team nowadays is really rare.”

A career .277 hitter, Posada has appeared in 1,432 regular-season games for the Yankees, hitting 218 home runs and driving in 861 runs. However, last season, Posada showed that he can get better with age, putting up career high numbers. Jorge batted .338, and became the only catcher to bat at least .330 with 40 doubles, 20 home runs and 90 RBIs in a season when he caught at least half of his team’s games.

HIP-HIP … JORGE!!!!!!!