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Originally Posted by bnorth
I will admit I only hate 2 players in baseball and A-Rod is one of them. I can't say Jeter was better. I will say I have never seen anyone in baseball play/try to win harder every single game than Jeter.  |
That is precisely the difference that is ignored by most posts. Who one likes more and who is better at the sport are completely unrelated things. A-Rod is obnoxious, but he's one of the 2 best shortstops ever. Barry Bonds publicly acts like an enormous jackass and used steroids, but that doesn't change that only Babe Ruth dominated the game offensively like he did. Jeter had a likable and positive public persona and PR, but that doesn't change actual performance.
I don't really understand a concept of 'liking' a person I don't know or hating a person I don't know (I mean, I guess I could hate Mel Hall or John Wetteland...), but wherever one leans emotionally has nothing to do with objective and honest evaluation. Claims to fact should not be made if those claims are untrue just because they support a preferred candidate.