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DaveI always find it interesting that a debate about a player can be turned into a way to bash a team. It always happens with the Yankees.
As for the payroll argument... the Yankees pay other teams to compete (but most of the owners pocket the cash)... they fill seats in visiting ballparks. They are more valuable to baseball than anything else. Payroll means nothing to winning. The Yanks have proved that themselves. If anything, bash the Yankees because they can afford to keep their players and can take other teams "problems" with payroll (Abreu & A-Rod). They haven't won a thing since they started spending all this money.
As for Jeter... 3000 hits. Enough said. The other players in the line-up didn't put his bat on the ball. And how about the winning HR in the WS against AZ? Or the play to cut the ball off & flip in Oakland? It's hilarious that people here talk about Ray Durham or Phil Linz. Your hatred blinds you. He's a class act and a hell of a shortstop.