Good Evening, Captain: The 2014 New York Yankees

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

RIP Stanks

is alex rodriguez going to play for these guys next year?

hahahahha

jeter ops: .600

https://i.imgur.com/ygDnBkR.jpg

RE600CT

jeter's 0 for his last 24. getting sad

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxldJ9rIAAAp3QO.png

still not in the league top ten in Outs Made

(he is the active career leader, obviously)

right now Jeter is having the 19th-worst WAR season of all time

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=24657

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.

actually, that 19th-worst season is in warp

ok, i couldn't define either

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!

this is my favorite recent example of attempted deification

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/mccarron-derek-jeter-yankees-faith-article-1.1937305

next year's t shirt

http://store.baldvinny.com/product/forg1v3

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?

grab some bench

http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/White-Sox-Derek-Jeter-bench.jpg

i saw the rays gave him a kayak

that is hideous

xpost

"thanks for everything jeets, here is something for your baseball-themed sex dungeon"

the beatification continues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgS1lvqX8I

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bx1Yb7rIYAA4gkq.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgS1lvqX8I

*sobs*