If the Yankees want to tank their playoff chances so that Jeter can be front and centre, it's fine with me.
Lots of HOF-level players batted lower in the lineup, shifted to an easier defensive position, or accepted less than full time roles late in their careers. I think it's generally agreed that Jeter has refused to do at least two of the three. If he was really the selfless team leader who would do anything to win (according to his reputation) then he wouldn't be hitting second every day.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 5 September 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
I remember Mays playing first for the Mets
(and how painful it was to watch him play CF with no legs left)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 September 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
remember when torre batted a-rod eighth in the playoffs?
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 September 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
cannot embarrass The Fistpump that way
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 September 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
yeah Mays batted first in the 1973 World Series, I think he did rather well?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 6 September 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link
2006 ALDS New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers
― Andy K, Saturday, 6 September 2014 02:06 (nine years ago) link
at the risk of simmonsing, those were actually good times
― mookieproof, Saturday, 6 September 2014 02:10 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1930201!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_235_300/image.jpg
poor carlos
i hope tomorrow's 48-page jeter insert makes him feel better
― mookieproof, Saturday, 6 September 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
(xpost) At least in the first game, the Mets had Mays hitting third. Nice ovation: they sometimes had farewell tours then, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh_ze-RvinU
(Stick around for the anthem!)
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 September 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
May hit .211 with 6 HR in the '73 regular season. Hitting him third is a testament to Yogi's managerial eccentricity and the Mets' woeful offense that year.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:17 (nine years ago) link
Mays hit leadoff in '72 for the Mets fairly often, he managed a .402 OBP at age 41. Fell off considerably the next year.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:19 (nine years ago) link
Lots of prime empty seats on Jeter Day.
― Andy K, Sunday, 7 September 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
also if the yankees are eliminated it'll be the first year since the strike (and the year before) that neither they nor the red sox qualify for the postseason.
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, September 7, 2014 8:55 PM (0 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 8 September 2014 01:03 (nine years ago) link
^Heaven
need Cards & Giants to collapse for a quadrifecta
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 September 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
atlanta for good measure
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 8 September 2014 02:19 (nine years ago) link
11 Sports GIFs That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=36121569
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
Chris Young ON FIRE
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
on his ibanez shit
― johnny crunch, Friday, 12 September 2014 02:41 (nine years ago) link
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/5942144129333781106
― johnny crunch, Friday, 12 September 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
is this supposed to be derek
http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-18499065dt.jpg
New York Yankees Derek Jeter Retirement 10 inch Plush Dollhttp://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=35072856&cp=1984691.1984702
― johnny crunch, Friday, 12 September 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
after a year of retirement, sure
from BP podcast FB wall:
Jeter is on the brink of doing it! His SLG is now just .001 higher than his OBP (.304 and .303). With a few more bad games, he can finish with a sub .250 BA. sub .600 OPS, and a OBP higher than his SLG. You can do it, Derek.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 September 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
CHRIS YOUNG
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 September 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
lololol
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 September 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
RIP Stanks
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 September 2014 15:47 (nine years ago) link
is alex rodriguez going to play for these guys next year?
― polyphonic, Saturday, 13 September 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
hahahahha
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 13 September 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
jeter ops: .600
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 September 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ygDnBkR.jpg
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 September 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
RE600CT
― Andy K, Monday, 15 September 2014 02:46 (nine years ago) link
jeter's 0 for his last 24. getting sad
― k3vin k., Monday, 15 September 2014 02:51 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxldJ9rIAAAp3QO.png
― Andy K, Monday, 15 September 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
still not in the league top ten in Outs Made
(he is the active career leader, obviously)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 September 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
right now Jeter is having the 19th-worst WAR season of all time
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=24657
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 11:25 (nine years ago) link
He's only at -0.2 bWAR, although I have trouble believing that number. According to BR's league page, Yankees shortstops are by far the worst in the league.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link
actually, that 19th-worst season is in warp
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
ok, i couldn't define either
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
i was going to say earlier a lot of good/great players have shitty final seasons... but ya – he's doing pretty bad. you look at his monthly splits, and you can see him age as the seasons progresses!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
this is my favorite recent example of attempted deification
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/mccarron-derek-jeter-yankees-faith-article-1.1937305
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
next year's t shirt
http://store.baldvinny.com/product/forg1v3
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 00:27 (nine years ago) link
Girardi freaks out and gets ejected because the almighty Jeets got hit by a pitch? Is Jeter's skin more frail and delicate than that of the average major leaguer? How dare you Tampa Bay! Was there another unwritten rule in play here?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 05:48 (nine years ago) link
grab some bench
http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/White-Sox-Derek-Jeter-bench.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
i saw the rays gave him a kayak
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
that is hideous
xpost
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
"thanks for everything jeets, here is something for your baseball-themed sex dungeon"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
the beatification continues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgS1lvqX8I
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx1Yb7rIYAA4gkq.png
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
*sobs*
― polyphonic, Thursday, 18 September 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
first HR at home all year for the Captain.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 September 2014 11:28 (nine years ago) link
overlaying the gatorade logo on jeter's 2, classy move
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 19 September 2014 11:34 (nine years ago) link