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Posada thinks Sabathia can be 'inspiration' for Yankees

They only spent three seasons together in pinstripes, but retired Yankees catcher Jorge Posada said he developed a "very close" friendship with lefthander CC Sabathia during that span, 2009 to 2011.

And like many of Sabathia's current teammates, Posada took the news hard when he read about and heard that Sabathia was checking himself into rehab to treat alcohol addiction.

"It's a tough one, man," Posada told the Daily News Tuesday night at the 30th annual "Great Sports Legends" dinner to benefit the Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis and the Miami Project.

Posada was an honoree of the evening gala at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in midtown.