{"id":532548,"date":"2026-01-21T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/532548\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:29:10","slug":"yankees-legend-weighs-managing-possibility-never-going-to-say-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/532548\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees legend weighs managing possibility: \u2018Never going to say never\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/yankees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yankees;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Yankees<\/a> legend Jorge Posada\u2019s demeanor immediately shifted when the possibility of becoming a manager was presented to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In an interview on the YES Network on Tuesday, Michael Kay presented the idea to Posada.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI don\u2019t think I can do it, Michael,\u201d Posada said with a hint of dread in his voice, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YESNetwork\/status\/2013808555019686209?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:via X\/Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">via X\/Twitter<\/a>. \u201cI love being at home and I love my time. Being in a clubhouse 24\/7 again, it\u2019s just going to be a lot for me. I\u2019m never going to say never, but it\u2019s a tough job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Posada is one of the best catchers in Yankees history. He spent his entire 17-season career with the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A key member of the \u201cCore Four,\u201d Posada helped lead the Yankees to four World Series championships (1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009). He was a five-time All-Star and a five-time Silver Slugger Award winner, finishing his career with a .273 batting average, 275 home runs, and 1,065 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In 2015, the Yankees retired his No. 20 and dedicated a plaque to him in Monument Park.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic, Posada will take on a new role as an assistant coach for Team Italy. He was recruited for the position by the team\u2019s manager and his former Yankees teammate, Francisco Cervelli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Team Italy will compete in Group B in Houston, Texas, facing off against the United States, Mexico, Great Britain, and Brazil starting in March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>MORE YANKEES COVERAGE<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/yankees\/2026\/01\/yankees-legend-weighs-possibility-of-becoming-manager-never-going-to-say-never.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NJ.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NJ.com<\/a>. Add <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NJ.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NJ.com<\/a> as a Preferred Source by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=nj.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yankees legend Jorge Posada\u2019s demeanor immediately shifted when the possibility of becoming a manager was presented to him.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":532549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[236009,4345,236007,52115,1266,62,236008,358,67,132,68,2386,168729],"class_list":["post-532548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-francisco-cervelli","tag-houston","tag-jorge-posada","tag-michael-kay","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-team-italy","tag-texas","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-yankees","tag-yes-network"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115934040231829695","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}