Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Jorge Posada’s decision to take himself out of the lineup turned into a major media conflagration over the weekend, but it appears that the New York Yankees have quickly worked through a brushfire with Derek Jeter.

Club officials were unhappy with Jeter’s comments about Posada on Sunday, feeling that he essentially condoned his longtime teammate’s actions with what he said to reporters.
But on Monday, the Yankees held an internal conference call regarding the matter with Jeter, team president Randy Levine, general manager Brian Cashman and managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner. Jeter said that all sides were on the same page.

No one would say how long they were on, nor what was discussed, nor even who initiated the call.

But, as Jeter repeated no less than eight times in a four-minute interview at his locker before Monday night’s Yankees-Rays game, “We are all on the same page.

“If I tell you we talked for 20 minutes, you’re going to try to find out what we talked about for 20 minutes. If I tell you we talked for 30 seconds, you’re going to say it was too short. So I got nothing for you.”

Posada, a catcher-turned-fulltime DH, is struggling at the plate — he’s hitting .165 and remains hitless against left-handed pitching. He was dropped to the ninth spot in the batting order for Saturday’s game and asked out of the lineup because he felt disrespected.

Jeter is close friends with Posada and described him on Sunday as someone he regards as a brother. He repeatedly deflected questions Sunday about Posada’s actions and said there was no reason for him to apologize to teammates, after declining to play on Saturday. The team’s front office was so angry with what Posada did that they considered releasing the veteran immediately.

WRITTEN BY Senior writer Buster Olney covers baseball for ESPN The Magazine. ESPNNewYork.com’s Wallace Matthews and The Associated Press contributed to this report & FULL STORY HERE