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Jeter...MLB's worst shortstop?


jpm321Feb 25, 6:44am
On the Jeter post (and as a numbers guy but also a huge NYY fan), Jeter's real value is his leadership, offense, and ability to deliver big-bricks plays. Also, his SS contribution may also have been less of a focus given the team's generally great pitching staff.

Here are a couple of other good perspectives:

babeled.com/2008/02/21/derek-jeters-disappearing-defense/ [babeled.com/2008/02/21/derek-jeters-disappearing-defense/]

nypost.com [nypost.com]
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scottiedee1972Feb 26, 8:28am
I read that article, and its absurd. Jeter just happens to be one of the greatest SS of all time.

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DSC501Feb 26, 9:01am
I don't need to read an article to know a great player. I despise the Yankees, but I'm not ignorant enough to say the players suck simply because I dislike the team they play for. I have nothing against the individual players, I just grew up in Mass hating the Yanks. Jeter is a HoF SS, plain and simple - get no argument from me.

And since when did the Yankees have a great pitching staff? Good yes, great - not even close.

chip22Mar 1, 6:21pm
I don't know...maybe Jeter doesn't have great range to his left. But Joe Montana probably didn't have much of an arm. And, I heard Jack Nicklaus had a flying right elbow. But they all had something didn't they. They piled up the numbers that count most in sports, the number of championships.

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FENIANMar 1, 10:56pm


He's a money player..with big heart.One of the greatest Yankees ever.

tinyurl.com/33tmb3 [tinyurl.com/33tmb3]

baseball-almanac.com/teams/yankcapt.shtml [baseball-almanac.com/teams/yankcapt.shtml]

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northpawMar 2, 3:23am
I've pitched with mediocre, consistent shortstops and also with a few show stoppers, and the momentary eye-rolling when a ball shoots up the middle that I think *might* have been playable doesn't begin to compare to the fist pumping, back slapping effect of a tremendous play. Giving the pitcher a huge confidence boost and demoralizing the other team - are there stats for that?


Jeter...MLB's worst shortstop?

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