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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
A Rod was by far the superior baseball player, but he was a steroid user, an egomaniac and a whiner who also was prone to prodigious playoff slumps. The contrast IMO is a huge part of why Jeter was so popular despite lesser abilities and accomplishments. Imagine if Ripken, who IMO was much better than Jeter, had played in NY.
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Well said , I’m a Yankees fan I don’t get either. Idk who you give your team is but I watched a lot of jeter. I liked him but he wasn’t always my favorite or the best player on the field. If I had to make a argument it would be that he played in the steroid era clean. He played against pitcher and defensively that were roided out like never before. I guess if you take that into account his star didn’t shine as bright. When people are mashing homers and throwing gas all day to look at jeter and say he a all time great is hard to do.