Good Evening, Captain: The 2014 New York Yankees

Matthew Kory:
"Robinson Cano returned to New York and fans chanted 'Sellout' at him which is weird because only 37,484* people were there."

*way less, hedge funders don't like rain

JOIN YANKEES BROADCASTER JOHN STERLING IN THE EDWARD JONES CHATTING CAGE . . . NOW:

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/33026172/v31501469/watch-join-chat/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140501_22847644

Monument Park officially a joke

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/5/8/5696224/tino-martinez-yankees-monument-park

That came out of nowhere.

Paul O'Neill getting a plaque is almost as dumb.

neither is getting his number retired, so it's not that big a deal. paul o'neill was a pretty good player tho

"Derek Jeter was given a surfboard by the Angels, but this wasn’t a going-away present so much as a way to help Jeter move to his left." - Matthew Kory

I'm kind of surprised more clubs don't build a team hall of fame. The Reds have had one forever and they built it into the new ball park as part of the gift shop for the stadium which has a banquet hall etc. that they use and have functions year around.

tbf the wilpons tried to build one to the brooklyn dodgers at citifield

The Mets do have one, so do the Royals, the A's too right?

CC disabled, Alfredo Aceves to start Thurs vs Mets.

• a kind of prince in baseball cleats
• George Clooney in pinstripes
• the guy every woman wanted to bring home to mom, and very few did
• humble
• handsome
• hard to hate
• the best player in baseball for a good 10 years straight
• like a good magician
• the guy with the $15 million Trump Tower penthouse
• the dude dating Miss Universe
• the man with all of the talent and none of the jerk
• everything women wanted, too
• the elegant athlete who loved books, paid for everything, and had a limo waiting for them when it was time to go
• like a rooster's crow
• hilarious
• like an eagle deciding to take the bus
• gentleman
• charmer
• 1,000-point star
• a bit of a germ freak

http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/greatest-thing-ever/

Wow, just wow.

that is hilarious

When people deride this kind of hagiography--and it should be derided--I'm never sure if it's aimed wholly at the people who write it, or at Jeter too. I mean, he doesn't write this stuff.

i like how "serial womanizer" never fits into the hagiography

riiight

what's the evidence jeter is a womanizer again? or does bedding a lot of chicks make one a womanizer?

Seager became the first major leaguer to hit two triples and at least one homer and one double since Hal Breeden for Montreal in 1973, STATS said. The last AL player to do it was Hoot Evers for Detroit in 1950.

"That's definitely a special one," Seager said. "That's definitely one I'll remember, for sure."

His second triple was aided by a rare mental mistake by Jeter.

Seager hit a blooper down the line that bounced off the glove of sliding left fielder Brett Gardner. Jeter was also giving chase and had a chance to make the catch off the deflection, but couldn't come up with it.

With his back to third base umpire Brian Gorman, Jeter did not see the fair signal. When he corralled the ball in foul ground, he continued to jog several steps toward the corner. He looked surprised when he turned, and his throw to third was too late.

Phelps hollered "throw the ball!" as Seager headed to third. After the play was over, Jeter could be seen on television saying "I thought it was foul" as he walked back to the infield.

"I'm in for the bunt and went back on the popup. It never crossed my mind that it was fair. I almost gave it to a fan," Jeter said. "I thought for sure the ball was foul because I was in foul territory."

what's the evidence jeter is a womanizer again?

lol mass-produced morning-after gift baskets at the ready

I don't judge him for it (much), just seems the elephant in the room considering his Public Profile otherwise reads like Boys Life copy from 1973.

"Derek Jeter is ranked 12 out of 13 in OPS among AL shortstops. He is ranked 81 out of 85 qualifying AL baseball players in OPS. He is ranked 154 out of 168 qualifying baseball players in OPS. He will start the All-Star game. Must be the defense."

- M Kory

wau beltran

What do the Yankees really have to trade going into the bartering season? You got to think they need a player if they really want to compete.

jack shit, basically

awesome defensive evening by the Captain last night

NL WS homefield could be in the bag come July 15

@bruce_arthur 8m
Yankees-Jays shortstop update, first inning: Derek Jeter has laid down a sacrifice bunt with no outs, and Jose Reyes has homered to right.

happy 40th, jetes

*short porch*

lol napoli yelling to his teammates what an idiot re: tanaka

Matthew Kory:

MLB's headline was "Price proves too much for Yanks" which was the first time in human history those words were written in that order.

rip yangervis

alfredo aceves, 50 games for 'drug of abuse'

zelous replacing yangervis, def a name upgrade

cc apparently out for season now

Brian Roberts is the first Yankees player with four extra-base hits in a game since Alex Rodriguez on April 18, 2005.

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/7/7/5878121/sleeping-yankees-fan-sues-espn-10-million

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2122907-derek-jeter-sets-up-easy-double-by-faking-out-jason-kipnis-at-second-base?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national%3Fis_shared%3Dtrue?is_shared=true

@castrovince
Ozzie Guillen on Jeter: "Good looking man, got a lot of nice girlfriends, never got in trouble. That’s the real Mr. Perfect in the game."

brett gardener now outslugging teixeira

poor man's francisco cervelli

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/11288723/derek-jeter-gets-visit-former-president-george-w-bush-finale-arlington

@BenLindbergh
Before Stephen Drew's debut at 2B, let's pause to appreciate Derek Jeter's 20-season streak of posting negative FRAAs

Brandon McCarthy has been dealing lately

feel like jeter's being treated like a pitcher in the NL, every time he gets an important hit the news articles treat it like an amazing once-a-season event

two hours, seven minutes for brandon mccarthy to blank astros

fastest yankee game of the season by 29 minutes!

let's be grateful for that 3% chance at the postseason (maybe up to 5% now)

yankees catcher francisco cervelli does not wear a cup

http://instagram.com/p/sOSDtbNcl1

I mentioned on another thread that I started watching a DVD of Fidrych's Monday night start against the Yankees in 1976. Before the game, all the Yankees introduce themselves (probably still new then). Billy Martin goes last: "Billy Martin, manager, born in Berkeley, California, died in New York City." And that was in '76, before the real fun started.

here ya go, jeetz

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/9/2/6097443/derek-jeter-batting-order-team-player-joe-girardi-lou-gehrig

I'm down for hating on Jeter as much as anyone - but how much of that can be blamed on Jeter? Ultimately it's Girardi's decision - and I wouldn't be surprised if the front office pressured him to make sure Jeter was front and centre as often as possible.

it's not the same situation, but Mantle retired in spring training of '68.

haha

@ToddRadom
The Yankees were born 112 yrs ago today—the media was bitching about their payroll four months later:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B66jS_hIIAAth0s.jpg

well thank God this wasn't over anything stupid

Yankees prospect right-hander Ty Hensley was brutally attacked over the holidays and suffered “multiple facial fractures, including to his jaw, as well as multiple other head injuries.” Charges have been filed against 24-year-old Anthony Morales, who played football at Weber State and tried out for the Carolina Panthers last year....

Witnesses told police they heard Hensley and Morales arguing about the amount of money athletes receive for signing with professional teams, the court papers said.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/08/yankees-prospect-ty-hensley-was-allegedly-attacked-following-an-argument-over-signing-bonuses/

Yankees will retire the uniform numbers of Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettitte.

A regular player will be wearing an aleph on his back sometime in the next five years.

there is not a 2015 yankees thread yet and I really can't bring myself to make one

in any case, a pitching machine struck out chris young today http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/03/02/new-york-yankees-chris-young-strikeout-pitching-machine

one of you bastards better use this to make the '15 NYY thread title

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/12428167/derek-jeter-last-new-york-yankees-captain-brian-cashman-says

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a1d3lndDKKHt4YdlvK2WCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2015-03-20/27ae3ca0-cf24-11e4-8c4c-0977d6395f2e_Screen-Shot-2015-03-20-at-10-09-58-AM.png

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/derek-jeter-attends-sumo-match--does-not-get-recognized-164743658.html

Derek Jeter world tour is now underway.