The nauseating coverage of Jeter's final season

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  1. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

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    Didn't he die or quit or something. I don't think they do that any more do they?

    Oh yeah, and I think it's hilarious that anyone watches baseball. I can understand the playoffs and WS, but regular season? Come on. Who watches that?
     
    mobius481, Sep 24, 2014
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  2. Robidoux87

    Robidoux87 You call that a double?

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    He's a damn fine player. I just get sick of all the praise he gets for being a "winner." He played his entire career on the team with the #1 payroll. He's not more of a "winner" than Cal Ripken or a lot of his peers, he just played with better guys.

    I think in sports like basketball, guys like Bird, Magic, LeBron deserve credit for making their teammates better. But in baseball, where you don't really pass the ball to teammates - I think it all comes down to what you do at the plate and in the field (or on the mound if you pitch). People love to give Jeter credit for magical leadership abilities and intangibles that I think are way overblown.
     
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  3. COTiger

    COTiger 2010 Bowl Pick 'Em Champ

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    Sterling is still around. Jeter still uses the recording of Bob Shephard's announcement when he comes to bat.
     
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  4. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    I would generally agree with your assessment.

    There are those few plays in the playoffs that come to everyone's mind like the play at the plate to get the Oakland baserunner and the over the railing catch where he falls into the crowd.

    His numbers are very good, but not epic like the media makes him out to be.

    You would swear he invented the shortstop position.
     
    islstl, Sep 24, 2014
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  5. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Keith Olberman ripped into Jeter last night.

    I love Keith ever since he came back to ESPN. He holds no punches.
     
    islstl, Sep 24, 2014
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  6. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Jeter will likely retire to his 30,875 square foot mansion in Florida. He calls it St. Jetersburg
     
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  7. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    jeter ends his illustrious career just as he started it. hits go ahead run in 7th then again with walk off hit in bottom of the 9th. Goes out with a bang. Same thing he did with half of the maxim top 100. livin the dream, man. livin the dream. hes the only guy whos already had a better run life than hef.
     
    tirk, Sep 25, 2014
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  8. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    best sports show on tv next to PTI. he should win a lot of emmys for his monologue or whatever his opening thing is. however, he was wrong on judging jeter purely on arbitrary numbers. olbermann knows enough baseball to know jeters worth in every way possible. but he loves being contrarian.
     
    tirk, Sep 25, 2014
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  9. COTiger

    COTiger 2010 Bowl Pick 'Em Champ

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    He loves & excels at being a Richard Cranium.
     
    COTiger, Sep 25, 2014
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  10. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    hes usually spot-on in sports. you just have to ignore his jeter stupidity and his politics. He keeps the latter off his show usually.
     
    tirk, Sep 25, 2014
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