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another interesting thing about derek jeter: his calm eyes
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I think we can all agree that Jeter was an all-time great with the stick
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Feb 8, 2024 05:26
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I don't recall anyone ever suggesting by late in Jeter's career that he wasn't an all time great. Just a lot of ridicule of the Established Baseball Media breathlessly giving him credit for everything up to and including the sun rising each morning, and awarding him a pile of gold gloves when both the Advanced Stats and the Eye Test (assuming you're watching something other than how often a dude dives and backhand-jump-throws grounders a real shortstop fields standing still) agree he was pretty consistently the worst fielder in the league among those who played every day at shortstop. The Advanced Stats and Eye Test also agree that his bat very easily carried his glove and then much more. Having that level of bat at shortstop every day may not be the best favor you can do your pitchers, but it makes building the rest of the roster a hell of a lot easier. In the end the Soulless Computer rates him historically right about the same as Murray Chass does.
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Feb 8, 2024 05:26
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in my opinion, getting rid of the Dinger Machine voids all of his baseball accomplishments and should get him removed from the hall of fame.
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Feb 8, 2024 05:27
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Making allowances for era differences, Luke Appling was almost certainly the most similar player in history to Jeter. Appling was also a relatively low power/high average hitter with a very long career whose glove could be carried at shortstop by his bat but not much better than that. Appling is a bit ahead of Jeter in [insert your favorite fancystat here], but basically his whole career was pre-integration which brings them to basically even or Jeter a little ahead. Very similar players overall. But hardly anyone who follows baseball even knows who the hell Luke Appling was anymore, whereas I'm very confident that in 2080 everyone who follows baseball will have some idea who Derek Jeter was, because Appling played his whole career for a down-and-out franchise in the WS-only era and never appeared in a postseason game.
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Feb 8, 2024 05:35
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R.D. Mangles posted:in my opinion, getting rid of the Dinger Machine voids all of his baseball accomplishments and should get him removed from the hall of fame.
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Feb 8, 2024 05:47
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Shinjobi posted:The minor league team in Frisco, TX is surrounded by apartments and I won't lie I wish I could reliably afford one of em in the upper floors. Free games, free occasional fireworks shows, never have to deal with game traffic. My buddy literally lived in the outfield of the Lansing Lugnuts for one or two seasons, he loved it
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Well Played Mauer posted:Other than Arod there isn’t a shortstop you’d rather have on your team in the past 30 years.
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Poque posted:My buddy literally lived in the outfield of the Lansing Lugnuts for one or two seasons, he loved it I wanted one of the apartments on the Fort Wayne ballpark so much. The only Sanó home run I ever personally saw hit that building on a roll, after bouncing on the concourse about 410 feet from the plate. Absolutely bananas.
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Feb 8, 2024 06:01
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Counter point: Jeter refused to wear a cowboy hat on TV during ALCS game 5, so whose to say if he is really a good player or not.
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Feb 8, 2024 06:15
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did you know jeter was classy enough 2 be a cardinal
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I still don't understand why Jeter decided to be an analyst on TV he seems to despise having to talk on camera.
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Dameius posted:Counter point: Jeter refused to wear a cowboy hat on TV during ALCS game 5, so whose to say if he is really a good player or not. imagine hating america that much
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jeter took the dinger sculpture from us. he is history's greatest monster
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Feb 8, 2024 07:04
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Put on the fuckin hat, Jeter you coward
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https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1755372863043903603 Ugh this guy's gonna hit 30 HR's off the Cubs this year book it.
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rickiep00h posted:I wanted one of the apartments on the Fort Wayne ballpark so much. The only Sanó home run I ever personally saw hit that building on a roll, after bouncing on the concourse about 410 feet from the plate. Absolutely bananas. At the Pirates' spring stadium, foul balls that make it over the stands behind first base land in a Pizza Hut parking lot, or at least they did 10 years ago. Don't park there.
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Dameius posted:Counter point: Jeter refused to wear a cowboy hat on TV during ALCS game 5, so whose to say if he is really a good player or not. I think that's the most positive thing I've ever read about Derek Jeter the person
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Eat the eggs Derek Jeter
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Eric the Mauve posted:
Make the infield bigger then
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, but IIRC Coors already has some of the deepest fences in baseball, which doesn't actually help much because it just makes the outfield huge.
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Mr. Fix It posted:ngl, i love renderings of potential baseball stadiums. they make me happy. if only the billionaires would pay for them. Yeah the Cubs didn't get any public money for their stadium renovations, so Reinsdorf shouldn't expect to get any public money for his stadium, which means he's not gonna build it.
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https://x.com/shawn_spradling/status/1754895820757840075?s=46&t=EhzTvpa5Lh8bIAryRijIPQ This is a 100/10 baseball name
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Carlosologist posted:This is a 100/10 baseball name brb adding Ichiro to my dynasty fantasy team 
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Well Played Mauer posted:Other than Arod there isn’t a shortstop you’d rather have on your team in the past 30 years. I’ll take Lindor.
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Julio Cruz posted:I’ll take Lindor. lol lmao
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Ripken Erasure itt
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mcmagic posted:lol lmao Lindor has been at least Jeter's equal through their age 29 seasons.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Lindor has been at least Jeter's equal through their age 30 seasons Uhhh have you not seen Jeter's wClutch and fHandsome numbers?
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Like you can argue one way or the other on who is actually better but they're pretty close as hitters (121ops+ vs 117 for Lindor) while Lindor is easily the superior defender.
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Forrest on Fire posted:Ripken Erasure itt I assumed he said 'last 30 years' specifically to exclude Ripken, who was still active in 1994 but nearing the end. Ripken was an awesome defensive shortstop who should have won a bunch of gold gloves. Not bad for a guy who when he started out the only three people on Earth who thought he could play shortstop in the majors were himself, his dad, and Earl Weaver.
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Feb 8, 2024 16:34
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Lindor is not as good of a hitter as Jeter was, he just hits some more dingers. His ability to hit for contact is also declining
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So is Bellinger gonna pull a Kimbrel and hold out into the start of the season until he gets the contract he wants?
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Lindor has been at least Jeter's equal through their age 29 seasons. lol yankee hate is a mental illness
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mcmagic posted:lol yankee hate is a mental illness This has nothing to do with Yankee hate and more to do with "stats" and "numbers" I'd say Nomar was Jeter's equal through the same number of seasons but then he fell off a cliff and died forever. Part of Jeter's greatness is that he played at a high level as a SS through his age 35 season, which doesn't happen almost ever.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:This has nothing to do with Yankee hate and more to do with "stats" and "numbers" Why you gotta bring up Nomar like that? I thought he was THE piece we needed in 2004 and then his groin exploded in 2005
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Feb 8, 2024 16:54
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SIGN CODY BELLINGER NOW!!!!!
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R.D. Mangles posted:SIGN CODY BELLINGER NOW!!!!! This guy gets it
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Nodoze posted:Lindor is not as good of a hitter as Jeter was, he just hits some more dingers. His ability to hit for contact is also declining One weird trick to being a good hitter
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If the Yankees were smart they would call up Snell and offer him 70x2. They aren't smart though.
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R.D. Mangles posted:SIGN CODY BELLINGER NOW!!!!! More and more people are saying this
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