Good Evening, Captain: The 2014 New York Yankees

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.

'69 rather

supposedly sterling's call tonight was

"headley is deadly . . . you can bank on chase!"

our new ageless monarch of comedy

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.

I remember Mays playing first for the Mets

(and how painful it was to watch him play CF with no legs left)

remember when torre batted a-rod eighth in the playoffs?

cannot embarrass The Fistpump that way

yeah Mays batted first in the 1973 World Series, I think he did rather well?

remember when torre batted a-rod eighth in the playoffs?

2006 ALDS New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers

at the risk of simmonsing, those were actually good times

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

(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!)

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.

Mays hit leadoff in '72 for the Mets fairly often, he managed a .402 OBP at age 41. Fell off considerably the next year.

Lots of prime empty seats on Jeter Day.

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

^Heaven

need Cards & Giants to collapse for a quadrifecta

atlanta for good measure

11 Sports GIFs That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity

http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=36121569

Chris Young ON FIRE

on his ibanez shit

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/5942144129333781106

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 Doll
http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=35072856&cp=1984691.1984702

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.

CHRIS YOUNG

lololol