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Originally Posted by DaClyde
Yes, Rose was basically the sport's greatest utility player whereas Jeter is ONLY a shortstop. If Rose had played in the AL at all in his career, he might have added another 200 hits to his total as a DH. Either Jeter just doesn't like to DH, or the Yankees think they should have a .220-.240 hitting power guy in there out of a sense of tradition. Neither attitude benefits the team or helps Jeter get to 4000 hits.
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Jason - It seems that most teams like power hitters as DH regardless of average. That has never made sense to me. There was a time when Jeter would have been a good OBP guy at DH.