New York ? Joe Torre saw Jorge Posada walking across the Yankees clubhouse, a white bandage over the catcher’s nose.

“Hey, Jorge,” the manager said. “That thing is still not bigger than my nose.”

The Yankees were in a good mood before Thursday’s game against Anaheim because Posada thinks his broken nose will sideline him for only a few days.

Posada was hurt Wednesday night breaking up a double play in the second inning when Anaheim rookie shortstop Alfredo Amezaga made a submarine relay that ricocheted off Posada’s hand and hit him in the nose.

Amezaga immediately apologized to Posada, and the four-time All-Star catcher said Thursday there were no hard feelings.

“He’s doing his job and I’m sliding in,” Posada said. “One of those things that happen.”

Torre thought Amezaga should have made an overhand throw to first.

“I think it could have been avoided,” he said.

Posada’s nose was reset at a hospital, where he also had a CT scan. He went home, told to keep upright in an attempt to limit swelling, and was sniffling and in pain when he arrived Thursday.

He thinks he’ll be available for at least part of the weekend series against Seattle, as long as the swelling goes down and the headaches stop.

As a precaution, the Yankees brought up David Parrish — the son for former Detroit star Lance Parrish — to back up John Flaherty. Scott Proctor was sent down, leaving the Yankees with 10 pitchers for now.

“We got the best out of a bad situation,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. “He was lucky, and we were lucky.”