Awesome New Yorker Cover

[Paul S]

Makes no difference if pre or post, some things are timeless.

[gregr2]

Very nicely done! Simple yet powerful.

[sniffy5]

Very appropriate cover, seeing as Jeter is largely a creation of the media to begin with, and this is coming from a Yankee fan on Long Island!

[GregMitch34]

Great but he should have also had him waving goodbye--to the Yanks' playoff chances partly due to the "classy" and "team-first" Jeter refusing to sit down or ask to bat 9th. He is literally among the 5 worst starting SS in all of baseball this year when you consider both his OPS, horrid, and his range factor, easily the worst in the majors. At least Drew can still field...

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

Great but he should have also had him waving goodbye--to the Yanks' playoff chances partly due to the "classy" and "team-first" Jeter refusing to sit down or ask to bat 9th. He is literally among the 5 worst starting SS in all of baseball this year when you consider both his OPS, horrid, and his range factor, easily the worst in the majors. At least Drew can still field...

So Jeter should ask to bench himself so Stephen (.167BA/.233OBP) Drew, can get more playing time?

They don't have anybody else on the roster to replace him, and they don't exactly have a killer line-up to correlate into more wins just by moving him to the bottom of the order.

The only guy they had who could have possibly replaced him was traded for Chase Headley, and he really wasn't a SS either.

Lastly, please name one veteran player who voluntarily took himself out of the line-up or moved himself down in the order. I saw Ripken bagged on for this same thing all the time at the end of his career, but all either guy did was act like a pro and do what came naturally to them until they could no longer do it. The mentality that helped them succeed in their younger years, is the same mentality that makes them continue to plug away, even after their skills have eroded.

[GregMitch34]

Like I said, Drew at least can field the position--and though horrible is slugging pct. is still better than Jeter's. Jeter should at least be batting 8th, not 2nd.

[Exhibitman]

Not jeters job to manage the team. If Girardi thinks he should sit he will bench him or move him around.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Lastly, please name one veteran player who voluntarily took himself out of the line-up or moved himself down in the order. I saw Ripken bagged on for this same thing all the time at the end of his career, but all either guy did was act like a pro and do what came naturally to them until they could no longer do it. The mentality that helped them succeed in their younger years, is the same mentality that makes them continue to plug away, even after their skills have eroded.

I'm in the minority who thought Ripken's whole streak was just a contrived and selfish thing (at least towards the end).

[jerseygary]

I lived in Baltimore from 1988 to 1996 and I thought the whole Ripken streak did more to hurt the franchise than anything else. For more than a decade that whole organization was geared towards one man instead of building a good team that would do justice to the great fan base of Baltimore. The owners and Cal Jr must have made a fortune off of all the stupid "Working Class Hero" junk they sold, but the way I saw it they kept the O's out of serious contention for many years after the streak ended.

I don't see that at all with Jeter.