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Posada celebrates 1,000th RBI with fundraiser

Published Sep. 8, 2010 12:53 a.m. ET

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Jorge Posada is celebrating his 1,000th RBI with a fundraiser for his family's charity foundation.

Posada's wife, Laura, and the Yankees hosted an event Tuesday night before New York's game against the Baltimore Orioles to unveil a T-shirt commemorating his achievement. The net proceeds from sales of the shirts will go to the Jorge Posada Foundation, named after Jorge and Laura's 10-year-old son, Jorge Luis.

At 10 days old, Jorge Luis was diagnosed with craniosynostosis, a disease that causes bones in the skull to fuse prematurely. Jorge Luis has had eight operations to correct the condition and will likely need one more - some children have 14 or 15 operations, Posada said. The foundation supports children with the rare malady.

''I think we have grown and done so much for other people,'' Posada said. ''For me it means the world.''

The foundation, its logo always showing on Posada's computer at his locker in the Yankees clubhouse, provides financial and emotional support to families whose children are having surgery, and offers grants to hospitals for equipment and teaching.

''We have taken the opportunity that I'm in to help out others,'' the five-time All-Star said. ''I think the experience we have learned from Jorge, and the operations, we are able to help other people out.''

The T-shirt has ''hip, hip, Jorge'' - a popular fan chant since the late 1990s when Posada took over the regular catching duties for the Yankees - and ''One Thousand RBI'' printed on the front.

Posada drove in his 1,000th run on July 23, becoming the fifth catcher in major league history with 250 homers, 350 doubles and 1,000 RBIs.

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