A Derek Jeter Article You Will All Enjoy

[reedjohnsonfan]

I feel like I have to post this.

 

[jaysblue]

I'm sure if Jeter wore a Jays jersey, all you guys would be fapping off like no tomorrow.

[Boxcar]

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Omg is that marijuana?! The evil mind control drug?!

[GD]

I'm sure if Jeter wore a Jays jersey, all you guys would be fapping off like no tomorrow.

 

But the rest of the league probably wouldn't be.

[jaysblue]

But the rest of the league probably wouldn't be.

 

After watching his first AB tonight, it's hard not to be romantic about baseball. I know Jeter was overrated, though he had a tremendous career and was a class act during his entire time with the Bronx Bombers. Sure I think media, other teams have overblown this farewell tour, though why blame Jeter? He's playing like a professional and going about his business. He's been an icon for baseball over the past two decades.

[GD]

it's hard not to be romantic about baseball.

 

You guys are just talking, la-la-la-la-la.

[jaysblue]

You guys are just talking, la-la-la-la-la.

 

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[abola2121]

Were people just as obsessed over Cal Ripken's impending retirement?

[guylaroche5]

i can't tell if anemic is caricaturing a right wing nut or if he's actually serious

[comeon sense]

Its totally cool!

Its like looking at the past,and present at the same time.Jeter is just like those Yankees from another era.

Mantle,Ruth,Gehrig,DiMaggio,Maris etc... Jeter is one of them now.How soon will it be until he is in monument park with the rest of them?

Thanks Derek!

[reedjohnsonfan]

Its totally cool!

Its like looking at the past,and present at the same time.Jeter is just like those Yankees from another era.

Mantle,Ruth,Gehrig,DiMaggio,Maris etc... Jeter is one of them now.How soon will it be until he is in monument park with the rest of them?

Thanks Derek!

 

He was a truly great player of this generation. 6th all time in hits and at a premium position. When his career is over it's hard to dislike him.

[jaysblue]

I don't think you could have made a better script of what just happened tonight. I'm glad I watched the game tonight, definitely something that was awesome. If you're a baseball fan, you can't deny how cool tonight was.

[comeon sense]

I don't think you could have made a better script of what just happened tonight. I'm glad I watched the game tonight, definitely something that was awesome. If you're a baseball fan, you can't deny how cool tonight was.

DITTO.

Wouldn,t have thought something like that would have happened.Its like GOD planned it or something.

Perfect way for him to end it at Yankee Stadium.

[jaysblue]

Pretty sad how some posters on here have disregarded one of the all-time greats in this game. I'm not a Yankees fan or a Derek Jeter fan, though he has been an ambassador for baseball over the past two decades. He's had a great career, and was a professional every step of the way. You can't say that about every baseball player, let alone athlete. I'm glad I witnessed his last game in the Bronx. Like I said, if you can't appreciate what just happened tonight, your not a baseball fan.

[comeon sense]

Pretty sad how some posters on here have disregarded one of the all-time greats in this game. I'm not a Yankees fan or a Derek Jeter fan, though he has been an ambassador for baseball over the past two decades. He's had a great career, and was a professional every step of the way. You can't say that about every baseball player, let alone athlete. I'm glad I witnessed his last game in the Bronx. Like I said, if you can't appreciate what just happened tonight, your not a baseball fan.

 

Watch the O,s win the whole thing now ,after DJ congratulated them on getting to the post season in Yankee Stadium.LOL

I was also glad about our callups getting to play against DJ in NY,and getting to interact with him etc.I predict Pompei will surely benefit from that experience.

[GeorgiaPeach]

Pretty sad how some posters on here have disregarded one of the all-time greats in this game. I'm not a Yankees fan or a Derek Jeter fan, though he has been an ambassador for baseball over the past two decades. He's had a great career, and was a professional every step of the way. You can't say that about every baseball player, let alone athlete. I'm glad I witnessed his last game in the Bronx. Like I said, if you can't appreciate what just happened tonight, your not a baseball fan.

 

The key word being "appreciate".

 

I think people would appreciate his retirement more, if it wasn't so covered and overblown.

 

Sure he's not the greatest player of all time, not the greatest Yankee, or even the greatest SS...not even close on any front. But for what he's accomplished and how he accomplished it, deserves appreciation.

 

When I was at Bonds' last game, it was cool to know I was at arguably the greatest MLB player's final game and I appreciate Bonds' talents which may be 2nd to none. But I believe if I was at Yankee Stadium tonight it would've felt a little more special.

 

Hence the romanticism of baseball.

[jays_fever]

He's maybe the worst defensive short stop in the history of the game, and now it's twice that a far, far better SS has come in having to play a different position because of Jeter's god complex. Look at him still batting second, because Derek Jeter. You don't think he has any say?

 

The problem isn't that Jeter wasn't a great player, he clearly belongs in the HOF. He's just not the all time great people make him out to be and it is f***ing annoying.

 

Pretty much this. He isn't on the same level Ken Griffy Junior, Albert Pujols, Chipper Jones was. Heck Jeff Bagwell was a better player than Jeter was, but he didn't make flashy jump throws for a championship dynasty franchise

[jays_fever]

Also who throws a fastball right down the middle of the plate on the first pitch, in the bottom of the 9th with a tie game. Clearly someone was taking a page out of Adam Wainwright's playbook

[baseballsss]

I don't think you could have made a better script of what just happened tonight. I'm glad I watched the game tonight, definitely something that was awesome. If you're a baseball fan, you can't deny how cool tonight was.

 

i was sitting there wondering why they weren't pulling him with 2 outs in the ninth so he can walk off the field to a standing O. Boy was I wrong.

[FireAlexAnthopoulos]

I'm sure if Jeter wore a Jays jersey, all you guys would be fapping off like no tomorrow.

 

Nope, I would still f***ing loathe Jeter, especially his "defense."

[jaysblue]

Nope, I would still f***ing loathe Jeter, especially his "defense."

 

Sure!

[GD]

Nope, I would still f***ing loathe Jeter, especially his "defense."

 

lmao ok

[John_Havok]

I'll just paste my comment I made on fangraphs today rather than type something new...

 

At the risk of beating the dead horse, for me it’s not an argument of whether or not Jeter was or wasn’t a good defender for his position, I think all of the numbers and the eye test both tell us he was not a good defensive shortstop.

 

Yes, a bad defensive SS is still a good defender in relation to other defensive position, just like the guy who graduates last in medical school who barely scraped by the minimum standards still gets called “Doctor”.

 

I think the problem that most people have, including myself, is that you hear all the talking heads on TV talk about how he was such a great defensive shortstop as part of his accomplishments, when the simple fact is that he was not a great defensive shortstop. Yes, he was awarded Gold Gloves, but it takes all of 5 minutes of research to realize that Gold Glove awards are about as accurate a description of defensive ability than taking a poll on the short bus. They do award it to deserving candidates some of the time, but a lot of the time it just goes to the guy who hit very well for his position but not good enough for the offensive awards on teams with lots of national exposure that make the playoffs.

 

If the narrative being spouted by the talking heads was accurrate, and actually focused on his offensive numbers and longevity, while acknowledging that we was not great defensively, people would probably not feel the need to try and prove otherwise. The fact that he’s being put on the pedestal as a great defensive shortstop in addition to being great offensively is what prompts the backlash.

 

Jeter was a great offensive shortstop who’s positives with the bat outweighed the negatives of his defense and is among the game’s great all-time players. He is a Hall of Famer and should go in on the first ballot.

 

But stop telling me he was a great defensive shortstop when he wasn’t.