Jorge Posada failed to make it to Cooperstown, despite earning five All-Star selections and winning four World Series championships during his career.
Posada appeared on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot in 2017. He received 17 of 442 votes (3.8%), falling below the 5% minimum threshold required to remain on future ballots.
Making an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of “The Show,” the catcher made his feelings clear on the current voting system.
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“You know what? It’s hard,” Posada said. “Like you said, the voting has to change. What really gets me is that the people that vote, don’t even vote one person in. That bugs me. You know, we play this game with a lot of integrity.”
“It doesn’t mean that I belong, but a lot of people belong in the Hall of Fame. Certain people get the votes, and certain people don’t. What’s going on? Do we need to change the way we vote? 100% yes.”
“It was a family” – Jorge Posada opens up about playing for the Yankees during iconic run of success
In the same conversation, Jorge Posada offered insight about his time playing for the New York Yankees during their iconic run of success.
“When we finished the season, win or not, we got to work again. It was a family,” Posada said. “We had pretty much the same team every year. For us, it was win or else. I felt like if we didn’t win, we’d get sent out.
“If we didn’t play well enough, we were going to get traded. That’s the way I felt. Even though I had a good year, that didn’t mean anything next year. I felt like we had a family.”
Though he did not make it into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Yankees organization have duly acknowledged Posada’s invaluable contributions to their success, retiring his number 20 jersey on August 22, 2015. The same day, a plaque bearing his name was also unveiled in Monument Park.
Edited by Raghav Mehta
