Yankee catcher Jorge Posada’s most trying experience during the 2000 season had nothing to do with slumps, or even baseball. A black cap with the Miami Marlins' new neon logo sat atop Jorge Posada's graying hair Monday, a jarring sight for fans who recall he spent his entire playing career with the New York Yankees. The former model and actress from Puerto Rico, is also a published author, a lawyer, and a co-founder of the Jorge Posada foundation. The listless Yankees, no doubt in part distracted by The Posada Affair, lost to the BoSox 6-0. Laura Posada is a Puerto Rican American TV personality and philanthropist. Jorge Rafael Posada Villeta is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Posada sheepishly acknowledges those days are over. In his years with the Yankees, he excelled as a catcher, occasionally playing first base, and contributed to the team's World Series wins in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Jorge and Laura Posada, both natives of Puerto Rico, continue to aid the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The decision by Posada’s wife to Tweet during the game arguably cost the Yankees focus from the task at hand, which was beating Red Sox. Jorge and Laura Posada headed to the island Monday in a cargo plane that they helped fill with 155,000 pounds of goods in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Career: 275 HR, .273 BA, 1065 RBI, C, 5xAllStar, Yankees 1995-2011, b:B/t:R, born in Puerto Rico. In 2000, he was made the team's starting catcher. “My wife found out about it and made me stop,’’ he says with a laugh. "I knew that something was wrong when I first saw him," Laura recalls, "although when I held him, I immediately knew what love was. A switch hitter, Posada was a five-time All-Star, won five Silver Slugger Awards, and was on the roster for four World Series championship teams. Laura Posada, Self: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. That same year, he and his wife, Laura, established the Jorge Posada Foundation, which helps children with craniosynostosis, a birth defect that affects skull growth. Drafted by the New York Yankees in 1991, he started out in the minor leagues. Yankees Retire Jorge Posada’s No. Andy Pettitte, left, and Derek Jeter joined Jorge Posada and his wife, Laura, on the field before Saturday's game. Jorge Posada's Wife Laura on The Wendy Williams Show - YouTube She has been chosen by People en Español magazine as one of the Most Powerful Women of 2016 and is the spokesperson for Wonderful Pistachios. The former model and actress from Puerto Rico, is also a published author, a lawyer, and a co-founder of the Jorge Posada foundation. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and his wife continue to give to hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico. 15. And then we spent Thursday, the day of Game 2 of the World Series, with her. He made his major league debut on September 4, 1995. Jorge Posada was born on August 17, 1971, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Laura Posada (below), wife of Yankees' DH Jorge Posada, explains the controversy involving her husband sitting out a game against the Red Sox last week.