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Looks like he is going to go out strong.Cliffy6745 said:Yeah, jeets
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Yessir. Small thing but I would like to see him keep his career average at .310. Was down to .309 before yesterday. Also, if I am getting really greedy, one more home run at home would be nice. That place would lose itWhatYouTaughtMe said:
Looks like he is going to go out strong.Cliffy6745 said:Yeah, jeets
God damn, he is awesome
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Haha, nice.Cliffy6745 said:Because, why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F_gDjME_Fw0 -
So far Thursday's game is not looking good weather wiseI miss igotid880
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God dammit. Didn't even think of this. And tomorrow is at 1. Fuck fuck fuck. They will get that game in, at least part of it.igotid88 said:So far Thursday's game is not looking good weather wise
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haha--i was just going to post that.igotid88 said:
so, you guys agree? is derek jeter overrated? pretty compelling case...www.myspace.com0 -
he is/was a great player. This whole circus this year, these videos, numerous farewell games are way over the top (and IMO have been a distraction to the Yanks for the past 2 seasons)
Olberman's piece IMO is just meant to be an over the top counterbalance to all the over-hype0 -
It is not a compelling case. Jeter is overrated and underrated at the same time. It seems like no one has a sane opinion on the case.The Juggler said:
haha--i was just going to post that.igotid88 said:
so, you guys agree? is derek jeter overrated? pretty compelling case...
Olbermann cherry picked stats. To put Willie Randolph in the same breath as Jeter is idiotic. Jeter's peak was never as high as other players, which is all Olbermann really pointed out, but he was so damn good for so long.
5th in Yankees all time WAR, 4th in offensive WAR, 1st in hits, 8th in batting average, 2nd in runs scored, 3rd in total bases, 1st in doubles. Oh and only 6th in the history of baseball in hits.
If Jeter sucks, how come there are 5 people in the history of baseball with more hits than him?
Olbermann can go fuck himself and stop trolling. He and the Yankees clearly had some sort of falling out, it has been going on for a year now.
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And for all the knock on Jeter's power, there will be only 6 shortstops in the Hall of Fame with a higher slugging percentage, of which only 2 have a higher batting average.0
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Bumping this up because it got stuck on the last page. Fuck Keith Olbermann.Cliffy6745 said:
It is not a compelling case. Jeter is overrated and underrated at the same time. It seems like no one has a sane opinion on the case.The Juggler said:
haha--i was just going to post that.igotid88 said:
so, you guys agree? is derek jeter overrated? pretty compelling case...
Olbermann cherry picked stats. To put Willie Randolph in the same breath as Jeter is idiotic. Jeter's peak was never as high as other players, which is all Olbermann really pointed out, but he was so damn good for so long.
5th in Yankees all time WAR, 4th in offensive WAR, 1st in hits, 8th in batting average, 2nd in runs scored, 3rd in total bases, 1st in doubles. Oh and only 6th in the history of baseball in hits.
If Jeter sucks, how come there are 5 people in the history of baseball with more hits than him?
Olbermann can go fuck himself and stop trolling. He and the Yankees clearly had some sort of falling out, it has been going on for a year now.0 -
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http://nypost.com/2014/09/22/hypocritical-jeter-always-somehow-comes-out-on-top/
He’s pushing it, isn’t he?
The commemorative patch occupying the Yankees’ uniform for three weeks. The “2” flags encircling Yankee Stadium. The over-the-top Gatorade commercial.
Yet in what is almost certainly his final week as a major leaguer, Derek Jeter still reigns as baseball’s perfect man because he’s so darn smooth at walking the tightrope. At making people feel good about giving him their money or their time in return for a handshake, a photo or simply sharing a large room with him with hundreds of other people.
On Monday, Jeter pushed it some more, appearing at a midtown Manhattan theater where fans paid a range of four-figure prices to pose for a photo (the higher end) or just witness a mildly entertaining, half-hour conversation between the Yankees’ retiring shortstop and notorious memorabilia schlockmeister Brandon Steiner (the lower end). “The Captain’s Farewell,” they called it. Again, he emerged unscathed. Then he headed to the Bronx and contributed a two-run double, a walk and an RBI groundout to the Yankees’ 5-0 blanking of the Orioles.
Can any other modern-day athlete have his cake and eat it, too, as gracefully as Jeter? He has repeatedly indicated he doesn’t want to make a spectacle of his last lap. Then he has repeatedly participated in or not blocked spectacle-like actions. And forget about not getting hurt by such choices. He seems to benefit from them.
Steiner, whose Steiner Sports has ensnared the Yankees as well as marquee players like Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte, brought in all the clientele and then propped up his golden boy, acting like a schnook and providing Jeter with easy opportunities for words of wisdom and one-liners, most of which generated loud ovations from the crowd. (Thanks to Hennessy, the event’s co-sponsor, for inviting me.)
Steiner asked Jeter if this last year had gone as he imagined it. “I didn’t want to go into it imagining anything,” Jeter responded. “I just wanted to experience it.”
Steiner mentioned the possibility of the Yankees closing out their season with seven straight victories. “We have to win today,” Jeter said. Loud claps thundered.
Most impressive of all, Jeter jabbed Steiner for turning the Stadium into one gigantic Steiner Sports warehouse, pointing out how each time Jeter returns home from a Yankees road trip, he finds a new seat and nameplate at his locker, the previous ones having already been put up for sale. As the patrons laughed and a grinning Steiner shook his head, a confident Jeter asked: “Am I lying?”
So just to break this down: Jeter pointed out the absurdity of the memorabilia industry while both elevating it and profiting from it, too. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his inept, arrogant team of public-relation gurus should study Jeter to learn the art of verbal pirouetting.
Really, you could argue that the hardest part of Jeter’s farewell tour has proven to be the activity he professes to love the most: the baseball. When Steiner asked Jeter if he would reconsider retiring, the 40-year-old replied, “I feel like I could. I feel fine. But I don’t want to.” The Yankees would find themselves in quite a pickle if Jeter and his .256/.304/.313 slash line actually wanted an encore, his recent surge notwithstanding.0 -
Steiner is the worst. He is everywhere.MayDay10 said:http://nypost.com/2014/09/22/hypocritical-jeter-always-somehow-comes-out-on-top/
He’s pushing it, isn’t he?
The commemorative patch occupying the Yankees’ uniform for three weeks. The “2” flags encircling Yankee Stadium. The over-the-top Gatorade commercial.
Yet in what is almost certainly his final week as a major leaguer, Derek Jeter still reigns as baseball’s perfect man because he’s so darn smooth at walking the tightrope. At making people feel good about giving him their money or their time in return for a handshake, a photo or simply sharing a large room with him with hundreds of other people.
On Monday, Jeter pushed it some more, appearing at a midtown Manhattan theater where fans paid a range of four-figure prices to pose for a photo (the higher end) or just witness a mildly entertaining, half-hour conversation between the Yankees’ retiring shortstop and notorious memorabilia schlockmeister Brandon Steiner (the lower end). “The Captain’s Farewell,” they called it. Again, he emerged unscathed. Then he headed to the Bronx and contributed a two-run double, a walk and an RBI groundout to the Yankees’ 5-0 blanking of the Orioles.
Can any other modern-day athlete have his cake and eat it, too, as gracefully as Jeter? He has repeatedly indicated he doesn’t want to make a spectacle of his last lap. Then he has repeatedly participated in or not blocked spectacle-like actions. And forget about not getting hurt by such choices. He seems to benefit from them.
Steiner, whose Steiner Sports has ensnared the Yankees as well as marquee players like Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte, brought in all the clientele and then propped up his golden boy, acting like a schnook and providing Jeter with easy opportunities for words of wisdom and one-liners, most of which generated loud ovations from the crowd. (Thanks to Hennessy, the event’s co-sponsor, for inviting me.)
Steiner asked Jeter if this last year had gone as he imagined it. “I didn’t want to go into it imagining anything,” Jeter responded. “I just wanted to experience it.”
Steiner mentioned the possibility of the Yankees closing out their season with seven straight victories. “We have to win today,” Jeter said. Loud claps thundered.
Most impressive of all, Jeter jabbed Steiner for turning the Stadium into one gigantic Steiner Sports warehouse, pointing out how each time Jeter returns home from a Yankees road trip, he finds a new seat and nameplate at his locker, the previous ones having already been put up for sale. As the patrons laughed and a grinning Steiner shook his head, a confident Jeter asked: “Am I lying?”
So just to break this down: Jeter pointed out the absurdity of the memorabilia industry while both elevating it and profiting from it, too. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his inept, arrogant team of public-relation gurus should study Jeter to learn the art of verbal pirouetting.
Really, you could argue that the hardest part of Jeter’s farewell tour has proven to be the activity he professes to love the most: the baseball. When Steiner asked Jeter if he would reconsider retiring, the 40-year-old replied, “I feel like I could. I feel fine. But I don’t want to.” The Yankees would find themselves in quite a pickle if Jeter and his .256/.304/.313 slash line actually wanted an encore, his recent surge notwithstanding.
I don't really get this article though. Is there a professional athlete alive who doesn't make money off this market?
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He is a self-indulgent asshole.Cliffy6745 said:
Bumping this up because it got stuck on the last page. Fuck Keith Olbermann.Cliffy6745 said:
It is not a compelling case. Jeter is overrated and underrated at the same time. It seems like no one has a sane opinion on the case.The Juggler said:
haha--i was just going to post that.igotid88 said:
so, you guys agree? is derek jeter overrated? pretty compelling case...
Olbermann cherry picked stats. To put Willie Randolph in the same breath as Jeter is idiotic. Jeter's peak was never as high as other players, which is all Olbermann really pointed out, but he was so damn good for so long.
5th in Yankees all time WAR, 4th in offensive WAR, 1st in hits, 8th in batting average, 2nd in runs scored, 3rd in total bases, 1st in doubles. Oh and only 6th in the history of baseball in hits.
If Jeter sucks, how come there are 5 people in the history of baseball with more hits than him?
Olbermann can go fuck himself and stop trolling. He and the Yankees clearly had some sort of falling out, it has been going on for a year now.Post edited by WhatYouTaughtMe on0 -
I think this is slightly more compelling
http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-stark/post/_/id/952/ten-astounding-derek-jeter-numbers
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They are basically going to wait as long as they possibly can tomorrow to get the game in.0
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"You ought to see where the shortstop is playing"
-John Sterling, Yankees Radio Play By Play0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__UJ9VZB508
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