Everyone knows you can run on Posada's shoulder--Ken Davidoff

"Even for the A's, who generally eschew the stolen base as an offensive weapon, the call here was easy: Davis entered the game for Jack Hannahan with none out, and after three pickoff attempts by Mariano Rivera, Davis broke for second as soon as Rivera threw a pitch.

• Davis easily beat Posada's throw to second base and came around to score a go-ahead run on Ryan Sweeney's single.

Just to rub some salt in Posada's wound, Sweeney himself stole second on the next pitch. When the game extended to extra innings, Jose Molina replaced Posada at catcher to start the 10th."...

• From Newsday column by Ken Davidoff, "Yankees Posada Carries Trouble on his Shoulder," 7/19/08

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