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Posted By: paulstratton

They haven't won the World Series since they expanded their payroll and brought in all these All-Stars. Look at the roster of the teams that won those championships, there are no other All-Stars(save Bernie Williams) who played in the field, just a bunch of gritty baseball players.

Jeter is about 2/3 of the way through his career. Based on 10, 000 at bats his stats will finish somewhere along these lines...310 average...300 HRS...1200 rbi's...400 steals...3, 400 hits. That's a lock for the HOF, not a maybe. Throw in the "intangibles" that people speak of and you have a career that is hard to match.

He plays shortstop(the hardest position), he plays in New York(the hardest place to play), he plays to win and he does it with class. I can't believe there are so many "haters" out there. It's just jealousy.

Name another shortstop who led their team to multiple championships with stats like he is going to have and you have a very short list. Throw in the "unmeasurable" things and the clutch playoff hitting and defense.

Now I know I'm going to get killed for saying this but there is only one player to compare him to...Wagner. Or at least a poor man's verison.