On the Yankees beat

It was Jorge Posada’s yelling and gesturing after he got hit on the right elbow by a Jason Johnson pitch on Wednesday night that led to Randy Johnson’s ejection in the seventh inning for throwing inside to Eduardo Perez.
Posada didn’t talk after the game, but did before yesterday’s. He said he was mostly upset with Jason Johnson for coming inside to Derek Jeter twice in the fifth inning, once near the Yankee captain’s head.
“Derek almost gets hit in the head and then I get hit,” Posada said. “This guy doesn’t have that bad control. If you can’t throw a ball inside, don’t throw it. You’re going to throw at people’s heads, that bothered me.”
Posada, who left Wednesday’s game an inning after getting plunked on the funny bone but was back in the lineup yesterday, echoed the sentiments of many of his teammates when he applauded Johnson’s seeming purpose pitch. Johnson and manager Joe Torre were ejected and both also face automatic suspensions.
“It’s a part of everything,” he said. “Us getting hit and we really haven’t done anything about it. I thought what Randy did at least showed something from the pitching staff.”
Torre agreed. “There’s a fine line,” he said. “If you’ve got players who are busting their rear ends for you, you want to make sure you protect them.”