Star Wars sucks.

Derek Jeter was extremely average.

He is correct on point # 1 - grown men into Star Wars and comic books make me shake my head -

Wrong on point # 2

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That's not what the ladies say.

Wow. #2 is an all time bad sports thought.

Does Kaplan know anything outside of the Cubs?

Ehhhh wasn't the issue whether or not he's a top 4 or 5 all-time Yankee great? In that case , he's correct .

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Advanced stats geeks will tell you Jeter wasn't that great. Kap's not alone in that opinion

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As far as Jeter goes, if you look at true numbers, he was very average. His greatness comes from an intangible that stat geeks can't capture in OPS+ or BABIP.

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Kap doesn't like Comic books?

I guess that explains this little incident with Holmes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnXh3XR9zyM

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Name WAR
Honus Wagner 138.1
Alex Rodriguez 113
Cal Ripken 92.5
George Davis 84.6
Bill Dahlen 77.5
Luke Appling 72.7
Arky Vaughan 72.6
Derek Jeter 71.8
Ozzie Smith 67.6

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Agreed

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I could have sworn he said he was extremely average. Then he Jordan, and whichever Jewish producer is his started talking about their Top 4.

He also said Finfer was RE. DICULOUS. for complaining about Lackey's use of the word "pansy."

Advanced Stats Friend: "So and so is overrated. Did you know that his BABIP is only..."

Me: "Watch the games."

Advanced Stats Friend: "I do, but his..."

Me: "No you don't."

Advanced Stats Friend: "Whatever, man. This is why we don't invite you anywhere anymore"

Finfer is just shy of Zawaski in his weeping vaginaness without at least having an excuse for it because he's single . Zawaski has to in order to get laid .

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

How could he be in the top four Yankees? Most teams have never had a player who could crack the top four Yankees.

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Don't take it personally.

Jeter is the one player who really does embody the Hawk TWTW.

If the investor team he's in buys the Marlins, they will crush the NL East from 2021 forward, because the Mets are run by a family worse than the McCaskeys, the Nationals will be nothing once Harper leaves, and the Braves are just in it for the suburban money.

As far as an actual player, he's a notch below Ripken at SS. Of post-expansion SS and counting only their time at SS, I'd go Ripken, Jeter, A-Rod, and then a big drop and then Smith over Larkin.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

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Who is the Mt Rushmore of Yankees?

Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio

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Yeah. And then I'd say Yogi and Jeter are next in some order.

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Don't take it personally.

Castro a close 5th.

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What about Mariano?

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Your friends sound like a bunch of burritos.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I wouldn't put a pitcher in there, let alone a reliever. And I'm not even sure he's the best Yankee reliever.

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Don't take it personally.

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They are. I hate them now.

Even if you just look at his stats Jeter is pretty damn great.

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Jeter was a hell of a hitter, he was extremely over rated on defense. Average shortstop at best defensively. He's not even a top 10 Yank all time.

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Of course he is. Who are the ten you think are better? I've given you four or five.

As far as his defense is concerned, yeah, he didn't cover ground like Ozzie Smith, but he was a huge influence in the middle of the field on MANY great teams. There's a reason they weren't going to move him for Rodriguez who may have had more ability, i.e. covered more ground, had a better arm, but who was sloppy regarding positioning and signs when he was in Seattle and Texas. That's something stats fiends who don't understand the way the game is actually played couldn't grasp as they made stupid "Pastadiving" Jeter jokes.

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Don't take it personally.

Jeter is overrated and over loved for sure. If Jeter made the two plays that Juan Uribe made to end the 2005 World Series, they would be talked about as being a couple of the greatest defensive plays in WS history.

Saying Jeter was average is dead wrong.

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