Personal Life
Posada's father, Jorge Posada, Sr., is Cuban, but fled to Puerto Rico to escape Fidel Castro's regime. Posada, Sr. worked as a scout for the Colorado Rockies. His uncle, Leo Posada, played for the Kansas City Athletics.
Posada met Laura (née Mendez) at a party in 1997, soon recognizing her as the pitcher of the softball team in games he umpired. On January 21, 2000, the couple married. Laura, a former model and actress, works as an attorney. They have two children, Jorge Luis and Paulina.
Posada's son, Jorge Luis, suffers from craniosynostosis, which he was diagnosed with 10 days after he was born. Jorge Luis has endured numerous surgeries to correct the condition. Posada established the Jorge Posada Foundation to help find a cure for the disease and support families with children affected by the condition. Jorge released a charity wine in 2008 called Jorge Cabernet to raise funds for his foundation. In June 2011, his son underwent what Posada hoped would be the final surgery for the condition.
Posada is close personal friends with former teammate Derek Jeter, who served as best man at Posada's wedding.
Posada wrote a children's book entitled Play Ball! that was published in 2006. He and his wife cowrote Fit Home Team, a family health manual, and an autobiography titled The Beauty of Love: A Memoir of Miracles, Hope, and Healing, which describes their personal ordeals and how they dealt with them after learning of their son's birth condition in 1999.
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