Jorge Posada made Yankees history yesterday.  He hit two grand slams in back-to-back games against the Astros.  He was the first Yankee to do that since 1937 when catcher Bill Dickey did the same.

“To be in a situation to hit two grand slams is amazing,” said Posada.  “It doesn’t happen often.  You can tell it’s been a while so I’m happy.  It’s really important to get some runs for the pitchers.”

When asked about Bill Dickey being the last Yankee to reach this feat, Posada said, “Bill Dickey, another catcher.  It’s amazing how baseball, out of all those people, it was another catcher, hitting two grand slams.  That’s pretty special.”

Posada did leave early in the game with soreness in his right foot; the foot that landed him on the disabled list in May.  Despite the soreness, Posada is optimistic.

“It’s probably just tired,” said Posada.  “I haven’t caught in a while.  We’ll just have to keep an eye on it.”  When asked if he thought he’d be able to catch on Tuesday, Posada said, “We’ll see how it feels tomorrow.”  Joe Girardi, however is concerned.

“I wasn’t sure how many innings I was going to play him today going into the game,” says manager Joe Girardi.  “I’m not really surprised he’s sore.  But I think it’s more important how he feels Tuesday and even [today], even though we’re not playing.  But there’s always going to be a level of concern until it’s completely gone.”

Girardi did stress that the soreness was not in the same spot as the foot fracture.  He said the soreness was more on the side of the foot and was probably caused by some fatigue.

Joe was asked about an age factor with Posada and the rest of the core four after playing so well in the series.  He replied, “Old just means that they have a lot of experience.  They know how to play the game and they do a lot of things right.  We’ve had some players with some age on them, but they still have a lot of good baseball left.  We tease them a little bit about being older but that’s the fun part of it.”