Comments on: The five men that went before Derek Jeter in '92

By: JFox

JFox — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:55:35 +0000

Yanks & Jeter suck

By: Steverman

Steverman — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:40:12 +0000

…so do you think it worked?

By: Jeff Stern

Jeff Stern — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:59:06 +0000

Dude, your a hater..go online and take a look at elias sports. Jeet has a lifetime batting average of .316, he was good enough that when the yankees signed A-Rod he moved not Derek. and while he might not go to his left as well as others he certainly goes right as well if not better than anyone else. Let’s not forget all the special plays he has made that other players wouldn’t even think of attempting…Oh and let’s not forget the 5 rings.

By: peteinfla

peteinfla — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:58:33 +0000

Hey Stupid, 2000 is still within the last 10 years right? Lets see, that makes it 2 series apiece. I guess Math is not your strong suit, huh? If you are going to attack the Yankees to make yourself feel better, at least get your facts right. And as for payroll, no Yankee or Red Sox fan should be throwing those arrows. By the way, moron, the Yankees have more homegrown players on their roster than your beloved Red Sox. Look it up if you learn how to read!

By: TwinsMama

TwinsMama — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:44:37 +0000

I hate the Yankees, hate them. It’s my duty as a Twins fan but even I’ll admit that Jeter is tolerable as a Yankee and as a player, pretty, darn good. Even better, he’s a good SNL host.

By: grateful ke

grateful ke — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:21:27 +0000

i love how focussed the anti empire universe is on my team… (by the way i grew up with horace clark, celerino sanchez and ron bloomberg, so don’t tell me i’m a johnny-come lately front running phoney). it must suck to not be able to stay focussed on your own team long enough to let a single jeter/yankee comment go by without saying something stupid and inconsequential to try to level it down. find peace..blackbeered, mediocrity can be very soothing.

By: PilotHawkeye

PilotHawkeye — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:17:06 +0000

I too, fondly remember Frank Crosetti. As Jeets is one who is in awe of Yankee tradition, I would NOT be surprised to see the ‘double number retirement’. It is something Jeter would probably insist on.
I believe that the only single digit number that will remain is #6. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

By: Pokey Okie

Pokey Okie — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:17:00 +0000

The other 12 teams in the AL.

By: chris g

chris g — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:11:07 +0000

Who is the rest of us?

By: Steve Flack

Steve Flack — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:03:43 +0000

“Who’s whining, we won more rings in the last decade.”
Two rings is zero more than two rings.

By: Chris g

Chris g — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:00:51 +0000

Just tell me this fanamine, was it worth, a billon on payroll, 100 billion dollar stadium to win 1 ring in 10 years.

By: Pokey Okie

Pokey Okie — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:49:32 +0000

Aw, come on chris, just because you only have the second highest payroll, get over it. Neither of you would win if you had to compete with rest of us.

By: Pokey Okie

Pokey Okie — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:44:58 +0000

Being a Rangers(baseball) fan, I really wish the East Coast would fall off in to the Atlantic, however, first Boston fans should grow up. Jeter is one of the best, non PED players of this era. A HOFer for sure.

By: chris g

chris g — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:43:59 +0000

Who’s whining, we won more rings in the last decade. And we didn’t buy them. That was a cheer for the Sox. Maybe if you didnt have on foot on the ground and one on the wagon, youd know the difference.

By: Fanamine

Fanamine — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:40:12 +0000

Chris G-”I agree blackbeered. Ignore the bandwagon Yankee fans. Too bad Yankees aren’t on the Juice!”
Could you be more of an embarassment to your team? You are a bandwagon Sox fan asking to ignore another team’s bandwagon fans. What a hypocrite! Yes, Manny and Mr. Ortiz never juiced, did they? They are even worse as they were juiced for that 2004 title. Glasses houses and stones are unfamiliar to you, aren’t they? I can see that 86 years of punishment was not enough for you crybabies.

By: Chris G

Chris G — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:19:35 +0000

I agree blackbeered. Ignore the bandwagon Yankee fans. There are far more players that have more a more impressive record. They just can’t see past the pin stripes. If they could, there is no way .211 Mark Texiera is leading the balloting for 1st base allstars. Justin Morneau is leading the AL in more than one stat, and Texiera is batting .172. Too bad Yankees aren’t on the Juice!

By: Fanamine

Fanamine — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:08:34 +0000

“All that matters is this, Jeter owns several of the best rings money can buy. Too bad he didnt actually earn one, instead old money bags bought them for him. This is what makes me proud to be a Yankee hater. GO SOX!!!!! Jeter can win his last right proudly seeing how it only cost the Yankees a BILLION dollars over the next 7!!!”
Chris, anyone who is proud of hating others does not have a clue as to what sportsmanship is about. It is too bad a very good team like the Sox are straddled with such envious and crybay fans like you. Your team has won 2 titles in the last seven years and you gripe. Sox fans were insufferable before 2004 and just plain classless since. As you seem to not be mature enough to accept or understand, Jeter will go to the hall of fame. Grow up and stop whining. It is very unbecoming.

By: Omega in Colorado

Omega in Colorado — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:43:16 +0000

I think what Jeter brings to the Yankees more than his nubmers at the plate and his defense at SS is his leadership. The guys on that team absolutely love him and would march thru hell and back for him if he asked. That has brought the Yankees more success than anything else during his career in my opinion.
He has also been incredibly lucky to be with an organization that has the means and the drive to get the right players on the field to win.
Signed as a long long time NL fan and someone who is indiffernet to the Yankees.

By: Chris G

Chris G — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:32:27 +0000

All that matters is this, Jeter owns several of the best rings money can buy. Too bad he didnt actually earn one, instead old money bags bought them for him. This is what makes me proud to be a Yankee hater. GO SOX!!!!! Jeter can win his last right proudly seeing how it only cost the Yankees a BILLION dollars over the next 7!!!

By: tjr

tjr — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:05:42 +0000

You got the answer Mike had a cup of coffee with the Yanks in 1995 then derek came along.Pass it on to your Grandkids. tjrpapay

By: Rays fan

Rays fan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:49:05 +0000

As should be obvious from my handle, I’m no Yankees fan-boy, but I do know quality when I see it even though you apparently do not. From Baseball Reference’s web site, below is a smattering or WARs for some shortstops. Notice that even if Jeter never plays another game, he’s #54 all-time in career WAR (#5 among players who spent significant portions of their careers playing shortstop)–in other words, he’s a Hall of Famer if he retires today, but as stated by other above, his numbers will continue to climb.
Jeter: 70.0 (#54 all-time, all field positions)
Yount:76.9
Ripken:89.9
A-Rod:101.1
Honus Wagner:134.5
Below him:
Barry Larkin: 68.9
Alan Trammel: 66.9
Ozzie Smith 64.6
Ernie Banks: 64.4
Luis Aparicio: 49.9

By: BC

BC — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:48:02 +0000

Mike Gallego, I believe.

By: Barry R

Barry R — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:45:00 +0000

tjr -
Frank Crosetti — who spent 37 years with the Yankees, 14 as a player (he was the SS on their great teams of the 30s) and 23 as their 3B coach. The Crow was part of 22 World Series champions, 8 as a player, 14 as the man who waved home over 16,000 Yankee runners.
He is truly a Yankee legend and I hope when the Yankees retire Jeter’s number that he insists they honor Crosetti as well, just as Yogi’s number honors Dickey. While Crosetti was not a Hall of Famer, for those of us old enough to remember him, he was certainly a Yankee icon.

By: Joey B

Joey B — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:31:02 +0000

And who was pick #493 for the NYY in 1979?
Disclaimer-He was picked in the 19th round, but since the NYY had signed 18 free agents the previous year, he was technically their #1.

By: Cards Fan

Cards Fan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:21:23 +0000

Now we need a sequel – “The 401 men that went before Albert Pujols in 1999″

By: Joey B

Joey B — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:01:03 +0000

Even as a RS fan, it’s idiocy to badmouth Jeter.
Having said that, the interesting thing is that he is also the last positional player drafted by the NYY to have a material impact on the team.

By: Paul from Virginia

Paul from Virginia — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:02:50 +0000

re: comments by blackbeered
It is obvious that you are a Yankee hater. Go do the due diligence before you start throwing around your no-Yankee no-way nonsense.

By: tjr

tjr — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:45:22 +0000

wHO WAS THE LAST YANKEE TO WEAR #2 BEFORE DEREK JETER?

By: jwb

jwb — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:59:55 +0000

Just wait until Kepner comes out with his 10 volume set, “The 1,388 Men Who Were Better than Mike Piazza”!

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:03:56 +0000

Jeter is definitely a HOFer, but can we quit the whole “He has 5 rings!” stuff? Yes he does, but he didn’t win them all on his own. He had a TON of help. Paul O’Neill also has 5 rings; is he a HOFer? No. Because it’s not a reason for being one. Let Jeter’s number tell his tale.