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Post by philinla on Mar 14, 2007 16:17:59 GMT -5
he was just good on Mike and the Mad Dog. I've been trying to figure out all day who Hughes reminded me of in the way he carried himself, and it's Jeter.
Let's hope he can stay healthy and give us another big season.
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Post by sinctybldh on Mar 14, 2007 16:28:57 GMT -5
hopefully he has another MVP season but actually wins it this time.
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Post by HomerSimpson on Mar 14, 2007 17:03:08 GMT -5
He's been thoroughly screwed out of not one, but TWO MVP awards now, so I'm pretty sure that he'll never win one.
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Post by matsui55 on Mar 16, 2007 22:09:21 GMT -5
yea when it comes to yankee players trying to win awards they always get screwed over but thats life
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Post by mpep on Mar 16, 2007 23:06:17 GMT -5
If he didn't win in 99, he won't win one now.
Alex got screwed out of a couple early on-one big KG jr and another by Juan gone.
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Post by philinla on Mar 17, 2007 1:15:10 GMT -5
Yup and Mickey got screwed out of a bunch.
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Post by danb on Mar 19, 2007 2:42:34 GMT -5
Screw the award, let's get him a ring this year and he can laugh at the assholes who give the award to some one dimensional player on a losing team.
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Post by philinla on Mar 31, 2007 22:10:23 GMT -5
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Post by mpep on Apr 1, 2007 7:44:13 GMT -5
No Yankee article would be complete if it didn't change into an exercise in Arod bashing half way through. Including the absurd Giambi comments (who had a streak that was worse than Arod's bad times) says a lot more about the writer than it does Arod.
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Post by philinla on Apr 1, 2007 12:53:51 GMT -5
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Post by philinla on Apr 2, 2007 15:26:02 GMT -5
up and down day for the Cap, but he tied it up with a big single up the middle.
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Post by torrey on Apr 18, 2007 14:36:30 GMT -5
When I watched the game yesterday, it looked like Jeter may have hurt his arm on the great play he made on the Indian's catcher. He was shown rubbing it in the dugout, and Cairo took his spot in the field after he flew out in the 7th inning. Something which might bear watching.
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Post by David Goodman on Apr 18, 2007 15:08:51 GMT -5
Jeter will be fine. He needs to get his defensive shit together. Po also came out. It was 10-3 in the rain.
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Post by philinla on Apr 18, 2007 15:53:21 GMT -5
Jete will be fine.
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Post by philinla on May 2, 2007 12:55:29 GMT -5
I'm watching the `96 opener and Jeter's range was soooooooooooo much better then.
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Post by philinla on May 8, 2007 22:10:15 GMT -5
Another good night at the plate.
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Post by shockman on May 21, 2007 12:00:28 GMT -5
This is very interesting - jete is the man:
charlie (miami): Is it right to say that Derek Jeter is by far the most consistent hitter in baseball. He also probably the most loved and hater player too, wouldnt you say?
Steve Phillips: (12:42 PM ET ) I think he's one of if not the most consistent hitters. He's on a streak of hitting safely in 73 of 76 games. You put that in perspective, when DiMaggio had a consecutive-games streak of 56, he hit safely in 16 games after the streak was broken, then he had two games without a hit, and hit in four straight games. He hit in 76 of 79 games that year. If Jeter gets a hit in each of the games against the Red Sox this week, he would be tied with DiMaggio in having hit safely in 76 of 79 games. That's amazing. I don't know why anybody would hate Jeter. He is a gentleman, a professional, and plays with class and dignity. He's one of those guys that no matter who I would be rooting for, I would appreciate on the other side of the field. The players voted him as the most overrated player last season. Sometimes the players have no clue.
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Post by mpep on May 23, 2007 22:07:53 GMT -5
What changed in the winter of 2005-2006? From 2000 to 2005 his OPS+ ranged from 113 to 125. Last year it was 138 and it's 154 so far in 2007. He's still getting his singles, but lately he's been driving the ball more.
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Post by HomerSimpson on May 24, 2007 6:14:35 GMT -5
I'd recently asked myself the same question, mpep, and the only answer I could come up with was that he may have finally been healthy after the shoulder in 2003 and the wrist in 2004...
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Post by philinla on May 24, 2007 11:48:58 GMT -5
What changed in the winter of 2005-2006? From 2000 to 2005 his OPS+ ranged from 113 to 125. Last year it was 138 and it's 154 so far in 2007. He's still getting his singles, but lately he's been driving the ball more. It's the upper body injuries. He never let them heal until they finally did. |
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Post by torrey on May 24, 2007 14:39:12 GMT -5
I thought last year was good, with the hitting, defense and basically giving everything to win. Looks like this year he is even more intense. Arod and Po seem to have the same attitude.
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Post by daveinbayonne on May 24, 2007 14:48:56 GMT -5
So far this year, this team has been carried by Jeter, ARod, Posada, and Pettitte (on the pitching side of it).
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Post by jumbo on Jun 30, 2007 12:42:58 GMT -5
June 30, 2007
Jeter Sees It’s Time That He Speaks Up
By JACK CURRY
Derek Jeter of the Yankees adheres strictly to the baseball code that anything that is said or seen in the clubhouse should stay in the clubhouse. Jeter stresses that he sees no merit in discussing what the Yankees say or do after reporters leave the clubhouse and the doors close.
As the Yankees have struggled for the first three months of the season, Jeter has heard theories about how they can emerge from their slumber. The players should have a meeting. The players should critique or motivate one another. The players should do something. Maybe, Jeter said, the Yankees already have done it.
“They think they know who is saying this and who is saying that,” Jeter said of the team’s critics. “They think somebody should say this or say that. In reality, people have no idea what’s going on.”
Jeter acknowledged, grudgingly, that there was something going on. There are daily discussions happening on a team that has underachieved, and Jeter initiates many of them. While Jeter, the team’s captain, did not specify whom he had spoken to or what the topics had been, he said that he spoke “to people constantly” to cajole or counsel.
Jeter has never been on a club that has been this dreadful this late in the season. Now in his 12th full season, Jeter has been in the playoffs for 11 consecutive years and has helped the Yankees win four World Series titles. But this is a different team and a different time.
When Jeter was asked if the Yankees’ malaise had caused him to be more vocal than at any time since becoming captain in 2003, he said, “Ah, umm, yeah, probably, I would think.”
It took Jeter a few seconds and a few stammers to reveal that sliver of insight. Jeter has noticed that the losing has affected some players, so, in his subtle way, he has been chattier.
“You got people that are going through things they’ve never been faced with before,” Jeter said. “So, yeah, it’s probably safe to say that I’ve done more of that.”
Mariano Rivera, the Yankees’ closer, and Jorge Posada, the catcher and Jeter’s closest friend on the team, said Jeter has indeed had more discussions with teammates.
Rivera said those conversations, even if they lasted a minute, could prod or support a player and perhaps help the Yankees emerge from their funk. Before last night’s 2-1 victory against Oakland, they had lost seven of their last eight games and were 36-39.
“As the captain, you want people to know they can sit down and talk to you,” Rivera said. “We need that.”
Posada, who has joined Jeter and Alex Rodriguez as the only Yankees who have performed exceptionally all season, said Jeter’s job as captain had been tougher because the Yankees had been so inept.
“He’s got to be more vocal,” Posada said. “When things aren’t going right, he’s the guy we follow.”
Actions, not words, are what the Yankees need most these days. Jeter provided some of the former Thursday night in Baltimore. With the Yankees and the Orioles tied, 6-6, in the eighth inning and the rain falling hard at Camden Yards, Jeter slapped a two-run single against Chris Ray.
Once Jeter scooted to second on the throw home, he clapped his hands and kicked his right leg up like a Rockette. Jeter said he was animated because he was happy, but he was relieved, too, even if the Yankees have not yet snatched a victory. The game was suspended because of the rain and will be resumed on July 27.
“We didn’t give up,” Jeter said.
The Yankees have not given up, although, because of their disappearing offense and ragged play, it has looked that way. Johnny Damon has wondered aloud what Boston’s clinching number was in the American League East, a sobering question for the Yankees to be pondering before July. Jeter did not speculate about that number. He says the Yankees have played consistently for only about two weeks this season, but that he still believes in them.
“If you don’t feel that way,” Jeter said, “that’s when you’re in trouble.”
Then Jeter veered into a detailed description of how the Yankees should prepare, which might hint at what he tells teammates.
“The thing that you have to try to remember when you come here every day is that you have to feel as though you can win,” Jeter said. “I feel we have the team. That’s what makes it frustrating. If it’s not frustrating, you’re pretty much saying you don’t have the capability. I think we have the capability.”
When Jeter was asked if the Yankees could win a championship, he quickly said yes. Jeter added that he was confident that would happen, optimistic words he desperately hopes are mirrored by actions.
Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company
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Post by jumbo on Aug 27, 2007 13:06:02 GMT -5
How bad is Jeter's injury?
Posted: Monday August 27, 2007 09:43AM ET
When Derek Jeter didn't fight Joe Torre's decision to rest him yesterday, it was a clear indication Jeter's body wasn't right. Since Jeter didn't start last Sunday and there was no game Thursday, he wasn't in need of a day off. a right knee problem that surfaced Tuesday night in Anaheim running out of the batter's box was bothering Jeter to the point he didn't attempt to change Torre's mind. Asked if the problem could keep Jeter out of the lineup tonight when the Yankees finish a four-game series against the Tigers, Torre left the door open.--New York Post
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Post by sinctybldh on Oct 10, 2007 0:00:58 GMT -5
Tony (Brooklyn, NY): Derek Jeter's defense at SS was tragic this year. Lower ZR and RF than Hanley. If A-Rod re-signs for several years, would they ever move him to the OF down the road? Thanks!
Kevin Goldstein: I think eventually you have to move him, but I think to do that is much more difficult than it might seem at first glance. I saw at least three plays in the Cleveland series where I thought 95% of big league shortstops would get to the ball and Jeter didn't.
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Post by David Goodman on Oct 10, 2007 15:37:12 GMT -5
Jeter's knee really was bothering him toward the end of this season. There is no doubt about that.
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Post by The Other Mike T. on Oct 20, 2007 13:34:44 GMT -5
Torre could have used Betemit more to rest Jeter.
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