About 30 minutes ago, Jorge Posada came in from his workout. Posada is still recovering from pain in his right shoulder (essentially a “dead arm”), but he’s throwing more and more and hopes to be ready to go in June when the Yankees get back from a road trip.

However, he was certainly full of fire this morning. When Mike Puma of the New York Post asked him what drills he did this morning he got indignant with him and the rest of the reporters, yours truly included.

“You guys don’t go out there?? Do I have to tell you what I did? Why don’t you come outside and see what I’m doing? Then I won’t have to tell you. Its really easy for you to do your job and stay in here [in the clubhouse], ask the questions and have everyone tell you what to do.”

I was always under the impression that Posada was a good guy in the game, however, he apparently has this acrimonious relationship with the media.  Its something you rarely hear about.  Puma didn’t ask him anything sensitive or bring up a subject that was out of bounds. It was a simple question asking Posada to outline the workout he did this morning.

I was out on the field and I watched him throw, but how are any of us supposed to know he’s throwing from 90 feet? Or 120 feet? I don’t go out there with a tape measurer and calculate the exact distance he’s throwing from at any given time.

It seemed like such an odd question to be upset about. Now, I’m not here everyday, so perhaps he gets asked that question a lot, but you can’t compare that to Alex Rodriguez who probably gets asked all the time about his relationship with Derek Jeter. I’m sure that’s a question that a player would really get sick of hearing.

If Posada’s arm comes back as quick and fiery as his tongue, he won’t have any trouble throwing out base runners this year.