Jorge and laura posada were accustomed to being on top of the world. Before being a celebrity athlete or a lawyer, jorge and laura are a father and a mother, a husband and a wifeand the fortitude and foundations of their family values have helped them face even the worst of days. Thats why we started the jorge posada foundation, and the book is a. Laura posada is an attorney, a certified personal trainer, and ceo of laura posada, llc. Jorge posada and daughter paulina posada attend wife laura. The former yankee catcher jorge posada and his wife, laura, call for help for the stricken island. He was a fivetime allstar and won five silver slugger awards and five world series with the new york yankees. Jorge posada, the 39yearold switchhitting new york yankees catcher, was set to bat no. The jorge posada foundation is a nonprofit organization established by the new york yankees allstar catcher, jorge posada, and his wife, laura. Derek jeter and jorge posada had sex with each other. Jorge rafael posada villeta born august 17, 1971 is a puerto rican former professional baseball catcher who played 17 seasons in major league baseball mlb for the new york yankees. Jorge and his wife, laura posada, have two children, jorge luis and paulina, and live in florida.
Includes fan club registration, picture gallery and charitable foundation information. The bag is lightweight, gorgeous and it has super cool features. In addition the relationship with his father and he and his wives struggles with. The deal was made by lisa sharkey, senior vice president and director of the creative development team at. Press release dey street books to publish memoir by jorge posada. This book is based on the childhood of the yankee allstar catcher. I knew that something was wrong when i first saw him, laura recalls, although when i held him, i immediately knew what love was. Yeah, you see, the posadas, led by jorges realityshow wife, laura, are selling a book.
Former yankees pitcher david cone and jack curry scrap the traditional biography, and it pays off new, 4 comments cone and currys new book full count tells the righthanders story in a. Jorge posada foundation alexas appeal for craniofacial. What can anyone who is a lifelong yankee fan, such as myself, say bad about a book by a great yankee player, such as jorge posada. Posada juggles being a mother of two and taking care of her husband with dozens of other projects, including her new book, fit home team. The beauty of love ebook by jorge posada, laura posada. Moreover, posada has coauthored two books with her husband, former new york yankees catcher jorge posada fit home team. Why jorge posada got wiped out of hall of fame voting. Laura posada married former new york yankees star catcher jorge posada on january 21, 2000. The fivetime all star helped the team win five world series titles.
Laura posada replied, yes, i admit he taught me the first time, however, he just wanted to make sure i learned, so he wouldnt have to do it ever again. In his book abused by the new york yankees, former clubhouse worker paul priore, with coauthor gary toushek, makes a laundry list of stunning claims about his time working for. The beauty of love by jorge posada overdrive rakuten. Posada wrote in his book that torre was his father on the field, while girardi was just a manager. Yankee catcher jorge posadas most trying experience during the 2000 season had nothing to do with slumps, or even baseball. Yankee wife laura posada spoke exclusively to wendy about her husband jorges brawl at last nights game.
March 3, 2015 dey street books, an imprint of harpercollins publishers, has acquired world rights to retired yankees catcher jorge posadas memoir, titled the journey home. Ap new york yankees catcher jorge posada and his wife continue to give to hurricanedevastated puerto rico. I would recommend this book to any sports fan or person that needs motivation. If you want to know how he got to where he is, this is the book.
The former new york yankees catcher spent 17 seasons with the franchise. Former yankees great jorge posada and his wife, laura, are spearheading a fundraising campaign to aid hurricane relief in puerto rico. En espanol in the beauty of love, new york yankees catcher jorge posada and his wife, laura, describe in poignant detail how the seemingly perfect trajectory of their lives veered afield the day their son, jorge jr. New york yankees jorge posada retires after 17 seasons. I scour magazines for inspiration, said jorge posada, the halfdominican, halfcuban, puerto ricanborn catcher who played with the new york yankees for 17 seasons before retiring and moving. Jorge and laura posada learning from the curveballs new york. Jorge posada says vote for mike and buy his book, while. Jorge and laura posada learning from the curveballs. Jorge posada in danger of falling off hall of fame ballot. Yankee great jorge posada still steamed at how things. In the past i have read books about greg nettles, bobby murcer, derek jeter. Instead of playing, posada scratched himself from the lineup minutes before yankee starter c. Yankees legend jorge posada and his wife laura are teaming up to bring muchneeded relief to puerto rico as the island begins its journey to. Yankees skipper joe girardi on jorge posadas criticism in.
This charitable organization was founded to help raise awareness, and money for a. Jorge posada s then yankees teammate derek jeter served as best man at the wedding. Posada sat at a dais flanked by his wife and his children, jorge jr. My life in pinstripes, for the first time he reveals just how bitter those tears. He and his wife cowrote fit home team, a family health manual, and an. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover. Jorge posada society for american baseball research. In his first appearance on the ballot, posada, the stalwart catcher of the yankees recent glory years, is in danger of falling off without. His book was inspiring to all to work hard and success will follow.
New york yankees catcher jorge posada and his wife, laura, reveal. Jorge posada has 21 books on goodreads with 841 ratings. For seventeen seasons, the name jorge posada was synonymous with new york. Jorge posada bitter toward yankees management in book. Jorge posada s most popular book is the journey home.
They decided to open the jorge posada foundation to help kids with the same condition, a decision that gave new meaning to their lives. You can tell theyre selling a book because theyre signing copies of the book while bloomberg stands. Now, in this longawaited memoir, jorge posada details his journey to home plate, sharing a. Jorge and his wife, laura posada, have two children, jorge luis and paulina, and live in. He retired at the end of the 2011 season, and now works as a guest instructor at the yankees spring training camp. He was a real pro as a player and continues to be a real pro person. He and his wife laura faced the trauma of seeing their baby boy. Jorge posadas then yankees teammate derek jeter served as best man at the wedding.
Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Jorge posada was one of the great yankee catchers of all time. Jorge posada is an allstar catcher for the new york yankees, a position he has held since 2000. Former yankees pitcher david cone scraps the traditional. I gave it 4 stars and not 5 only because i would not call it a literary masterpiece. The couple lives with their two children, jorge luis and paulina, in florida.
Find out how she reacted when she heard about the fight and what she really thinks about. A switch hitter, posada was a fivetime allstar, won five silver slugger awards, and was on the roster. This book is a great gift for any young baseball player. Yankees legend jorge posada, wife bring muchneeded aid to. Yankee great jorge posada cried before the cameras when he retired in 2012, but in a new book, the journey home. My life in pinstripes, suggest that posada felt humiliated toward the end of his career after. After their firstborn son jorge luis was born with craniosynostosis, laura and jorge posada established the jorge posada foundation, which helps fund research for the. The former model and actress from puerto rico, is also a published author, a lawyer, and a cofounder of the jorge posada foundation. Jorge posadas most popular book is the journey home. Exmlb standouts derek jeter and jorge posada had sex in a sauna at yankee stadium in 1995, a former new york yankees equipment manager shockingly claims in a new book. When jorge posada made the quote about diapers the new york post editor checked with his wife to see if it was in fact true.
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