He should have stopped at Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle. Jeter is most certainly greater than Nettles, Munson, Randolph, Mussina, Ruffing, and that scumbag A-Rod.

The more I think about it, I stand by the Shoutout but I also think he could be DB'd for the same clip.

Wow, does Olbermann take the blade to the Captain.

I'm posting this more because farewell tours have become so over the the top. They're athletes. They're not dying. And they're not curing cancer.

http://youtu.be/__UJ9VZB508

He should have stopped at Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle. Jeter is most certainly greater than Nettles, Munson, Randolph, Mussina, Ruffing, and that scumbag A-Rod.

Maybe the athlete himself should step up and say I don't want any of this shit .Do something for the last home stand only.

I happened to turn on ESPN right as Jeter was coming to bat with two outs in the 9th in a one run game with runners on the basepaths. The crowd was cheering like they were about to witness the great hero making another big hit. He proceeded to look clueless out there and the Yankees lost. I wondered if the hypothetical Yankees would be in the playoffs without Jeter based on just how bad he looks.

Maybe the athlete himself should step up and say I don't want any of this shit

Isn't Konerko getting the same treatment?

Isn't Konerko getting the same treatment?

Isn't Konerko getting the same treatment?

I was kind of ambivalent about this because I'm also sick of the farewell tour and am friends with some annoying Yankees fans, but Olbermann's rant also feels Bernstein-ish in the lengths he goes to tear down imaginary arguments. And "Gehrig took himself out of the lineup when he got sick" is an absurd thing to say to denigrate Jeter's leadership because Gehrig, you know, got sick.

Isn't Konerko getting the same treatment?

Olbermann's a Yankee guy who understands the history of the team and loves the old guys going off on a comment made by Posada claiming Jeter is the greatest Yankee ever.
Was it over the top? Absolutely. Did I enjoy it? Absolutely.

I'm curious as to what the board's Yankee Guy thinks of it (cue StoneRoses...)

But that isn't really what Posada said.

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He named Mussina and fucking Nettles?

If truth be told, Jeter says, he'd like his farewell to be just as understated as Konerko, a man who he admires and respects. From an article by Bob Nightingale 09/18

He could have by not saying "this will be my last season." Play the season, then retire in the offseason.