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MankyJimy · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

http://www.eonline.com/news/minka_kelly_derek_jeter_anatomy_of_split/260418

A timeline of the Jeter-Minka relationship.

Can't wait to see who Jeter's with next.

outofplace · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

MankyJimy said:

heyabbott said:

outofplace said:

MankyJimy said:

I'm not complaining about Tex. I even said I liked him. But is he better than Fielder or Pujols? No.

Well OK Jeter hasn't shown that kind of power yet. That probably was a bit much. I'll revise that downward to 25-30 homers. Still very good for a DH in this age.

Tulowitzki. My bad. If the Yankees wanted him bad enough they could make it happen. I'd even give up Granderson to make it happen.

Pujols to right is a joke? I recall several years ago they made a big trade and put a slugger at a position he'd never played before. I'm talking about ARod moving to third. THat seemed to work out ok.
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Not the same thing, though thank you for reminding us of one of the Captain's more selfish decisions. A true leader would have agreed to move for the superior defensive shortstop.
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In hindsight, the way things worked out was best. Given ARod's injuries, it has been easier to replace him at 3rd, defensively, then it would have been to replace him at SS. If Jeter went to 3B and ARod at SS, do you move Jeter back and forth? No. Would Jeter have gone to CF? then no Granderson. In LF? Rather have Gardner be a weak hitting LFer than Jeter. Would Jeter have been as good a 3B as ARod? Don't think so.
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I will agree with this. I don't think Jeter could play third as well as ARod has. Jeter is a shortstop, and a damn good one. No shame in that.
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Defensively? No, he really isn't a "damn good one" He never was.

But you trying to justify Captain Intangibles being selfish? No surprise there. .

cjericho · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

joe said:

This thread is the Interwebs reincarnation of Andy Kaufman wrestling a woman. Holy shit, my head hurts.

I hope it goes for 100 pages.
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So Manky is the intergender champion of the world?

TwoGloves · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

MankyJimy said:

TwoGloves said:

MankyJimy said:

YankeeFan said:

Gary Denbo!

(Wouldn't be surprised honestly.)
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That might actually be better.

Let's face it, Girardi is not Joe Torre. Putting Don Mattingly under him as an assistant coach might make him a little insecure.
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Further proof of your immense baseball knowledge, Manks. In baseball, we have these things called managers. And we have these other things called coaches. What we don't have are assistant coaches. But thanks for playing.
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Don't take everything so literally,you know what I meant.

If Mattingly was hitting coach, every time the Yankees went on a 3 game losing streak Girardi would be worried about getting fired. I like him but he's no Joe Torre.
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How can the Yankees ever lose one game let alone three straight with Jetes in the lineup?

MankyJimy · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

I don't know him, but Terence Moore is right on:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110902&content_id=24101766&vkey=perspectives&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

I'll quote part of it here, but you should read the whole article:

<b>One of these centuries, when Jeter retires, historians will sift through his career, shake their heads and wonder why folks during his generation didn't realize that he was operating on a level beyond nearly everyone else around him.

Not only that, those same historians will marvel how Jeter did his splendid thing on a consistent basis, with many folks noticing, but not with as many as you would expect -- you know, given everything involved with this baseball player for the ages.

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outofplace · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

Yeah, that poor Jeter never gets any attention at all. :

MankyJimy · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

outofplace said:

Yeah, that poor Jeter never gets any attention at all. :
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The fact that Jeter is derided on a board populated by professional sportswriters makes Moore's point perfectly.

MankyJimy · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

TwoGloves said:

MankyJimy said:

TwoGloves said:

MankyJimy said:

YankeeFan said:

Gary Denbo!

(Wouldn't be surprised honestly.)
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That might actually be better.

Let's face it, Girardi is not Joe Torre. Putting Don Mattingly under him as an assistant coach might make him a little insecure.
Click to expand...

Further proof of your immense baseball knowledge, Manks. In baseball, we have these things called managers. And we have these other things called coaches. What we don't have are assistant coaches. But thanks for playing.
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Don't take everything so literally,you know what I meant.

If Mattingly was hitting coach, every time the Yankees went on a 3 game losing streak Girardi would be worried about getting fired. I like him but he's no Joe Torre.
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How can the Yankees ever lose one game let alone three straight with Jetes in the lineup?
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It's happened many times. You apparently don't know much about the game of baseball, which has 162 games in a season. A three game losing streak in a 162 game schedule is about the same as an NFL team getting outscored in a single quarter of a game.

The greatest team of all time, the 98 Yankees, started out 0-3. It happens.

TwoGloves · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

MankyJimy said:

TwoGloves said:

MankyJimy said:

TwoGloves said:

MankyJimy said:

YankeeFan said:

Gary Denbo!

(Wouldn't be surprised honestly.)
Click to expand...

That might actually be better.

Let's face it, Girardi is not Joe Torre. Putting Don Mattingly under him as an assistant coach might make him a little insecure.
Click to expand...

Further proof of your immense baseball knowledge, Manks. In baseball, we have these things called managers. And we have these other things called coaches. What we don't have are assistant coaches. But thanks for playing.
Click to expand...

Don't take everything so literally,you know what I meant.

If Mattingly was hitting coach, every time the Yankees went on a 3 game losing streak Girardi would be worried about getting fired. I like him but he's no Joe Torre.
Click to expand...

How can the Yankees ever lose one game let alone three straight with Jetes in the lineup?
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It's happened many times. You apparently don't know much about the game of baseball, which has 162 games in a season. A three game losing streak in a 162 game schedule is about the same as an NFL team getting outscored in a single quarter of a game.

The greatest team of all time, the 98 Yankees, started out 0-3. It happens.
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I know that baseball doesn't have assistant coaches!

outofplace · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

MankyJimy said:

outofplace said:

Yeah, that poor Jeter never gets any attention at all. :
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The fact that Jeter is derided on a board populated by professional sportswriters makes Moore's point perfectly.
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Nobody is slamming Jeter here. Fanboys like you? Yes. Not him.

Realistically pointing out his shortcomings? Yeah, guilty. Darn us sportswriters for trying to be accurate.

MankyJimy · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

outofplace said:

MankyJimy said:

outofplace said:

Yeah, that poor Jeter never gets any attention at all. :
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OK, slamming might have been overstating it but he is underrated here. Example, people are saying he's not as good as Joe Mauer (one season wonderboy) or Frank Thomas (professional base clogger the latter half of his career).

The fact that Jeter is derided on a board populated by professional sportswriters makes Moore's point perfectly.
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Nobody is slamming Jeter here. Fanboys like you? Yes. Not him.

Realistically pointing out his shortcomings? Yeah, guilty. Darn us sportswriters for trying to be accurate.
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outofplace · Sep 2, 2011

Re: Running Derek Jeter Thread

Quote function problems there, Manky?

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