Comments on: New Book coming out portraying Derek Jeter as less-than-Captainy

By: marinersnate

marinersnate — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:58:25 +0000

“There isn’t a team in the bigs that would not love to have him on their roster.”

Now THAT has to be the funniest thing that I have ever read.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:47:50 +0000

And old and showing it.

By: steve keane

steve keane — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:11:27 +0000

from the Wee Willie Keeler School of Hitting “Hit ‘em where they ain’t”

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:22:09 +0000

“There isn’t a team in the bigs that would not love to have him on their roster.”

Actually I’d say there’s probably 27-29 teams that would not want him on their roster. His contract is an absolute disaster for any team but the Yankees.

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:44:56 +0000

“The guy has been standing there for years”
That’s the most endearing thing Joe has ever said. He brought up his inner Casey Stengel. Hope his nose doesn’t instantly go back into his black book for another 3 years.
Thanks for the story, ufy.

By: bobwsc

bobwsc — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:43:26 +0000

maybe the Giants, considering what they’re paying Tejada.

By: uyf1950

uyf1950 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:38:07 +0000

I have to relate the below comment I just read on Jeter on ESPN.com New York. It has nothing to do with the book but I couldn’t stop laughing when I read it. Sorry if it bothers some of you. It’s about Girardi giving Jeter advice to increase his average and get some hits.
Here is part of the piece.
Joe Girardi offered the .221-hitting Derek Jeter some advice before Sunday’s game: Stop hitting the ball where the fielders are standing.
“I just told him, I said, ‘Jeet, you have to find a different place to hit,’” Girardi said. “‘The guy has been standing there for years.’”

Sometimes the simplest advise is the best, it’s also the funniest.

By: BC

BC — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:25:56 +0000

I guess its the society we live in these days. No one (to my knowledge) wrote a book about what an arrogant p—k Joe DiMaggio was, or what a jerk Pete Rose was (well, at least when he was still playing, that sort of came out later, don’t ya think?).

By: ezwriter69

ezwriter69 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:05:26 +0000

smokehouse, there isn’t another team in baseball that would pay Jeter HALF of what the Yankees are paying him to play shortstop. Not one.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:52:53 +0000

I am always wary of any biography that goes into psychology or reasons for doing anything, but especially wary of authorized biographies. In general, people are not particularly self-aware, and continually re-invent reasons for doing things to paint themselves in a better light….not saying Jeter would do this, just saying that moralizing in any biography (authorized or no) is something about which to be wary.
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I agree with others that there really isn’t anything new here. It has been common knowledge that Jeter has held a grudge and purposefully made ARod’s existence less comfortable than it could have been, people just don’t care because he’s Derek Jeter…and it is kind of hard to blame them for having that opinion.

By: itsacurse

itsacurse — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:32:48 +0000

Sure, there’s plenty to not like about Jeter if your not a Yankees fan, or even if you are, given his recent GIDP-itis.
But Ian O’Connor knows the only marketable bits of this book will be the negative ones that try to tarnish Jeter’s legacy. So why write this the year he’s going to get his 3,000th hit, and all his flaws will be forgotten as he’s paraded down the Canyon of Heros, showered in torn up pages of “The Captain”?

By: BC

BC — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:32:07 +0000

CHIPWICH!!!! (Had to get it out there, I feel much better now)

By: throwstrikes

throwstrikes — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:27:49 +0000

Some people in Jeter’s inner circle were interviewed for this book. Did they have Jeter’s blessing to speak with O’Connor or not care if he Derek froze them out like he did to A-Rod.

By: kinggeorge96

kinggeorge96 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:23:40 +0000

Can I have “Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich” for $1000 Alex?

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:06:10 +0000

There you are, BC! Ian O’Connor is a ………

By: BC

BC — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:02:11 +0000

DiMaggio hated Mantle when he first came to the Yankees. So what’s the big deal here? Two talented players, polar opposite personalities. No news here. Move along. These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

By: smokehouse56

smokehouse56 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:01:14 +0000

There isn’t a team in the bigs that would not love to have him on their roster. I’ll take Jeter this morning, this afternoon, this evening and tomorrow. I’ll wait to buy the “real” biography. I lived a Yankee fan for 65 years and only recently soured on them when they destroyed old Yankee Stadium. I cried as a youngster when they lost (Dusty Rhoads anyone, Sandy Amoros anyone). Derek Jeter is a Yankee. Period. He would have been a big start on Casey Stengle’s Yankees of the ’50s.I rate him in the top 6 Yankees of all time (Ruth, Gehrig, Dimaggio, Mantle, Berra, tie, Ford & Jeter), So I don’t want to hear about rumor, inuendo by a sensationalist seeking writer. Give me the real scoop, please. Am I carrying Jeters water? Am I an appoligist for Jeter. You bet I am. With good reason. He is a gamer. A winner. A Captain!

By: jimbo1949

jimbo1949 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:56:43 +0000

How about a little less opining and a little more getting it right. He’s being paid for his opinion, but he won’t be paid by me.

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:34:44 +0000

I wish…I wish…I wish….I wish….. this book were written by anyone OTHER than Ian O’Connor.It means it will be filled with self-serving “impressions” that only the truly convoluted mind will ascribe to as being factual.
Didn’t Selena Roberts tell poor Ian that Yankee Tell-Alls by a third party don’t sell?

By: itsacurse

itsacurse — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:17:21 +0000

Not for nothing, but Ian O’Connor is notoriously negative toward the teams he covers. May I point out this hilariously off-base preseason criticism of the Jets? http://www.northjersey.com/sports/sports_rotator/OConnor_LT_only_makes_the_Jets_weaker.html

Also, his head shot makes me want to punch my monitor.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:58:35 +0000

Based on the excerpt, this books seems like nothing more than a rehash of what is already known. Everyone familiar with the Yankees knows Jeter held a grudge for years after the GQ article. It was news about five years ago, but knowing Ian O’Connor, I guess it isn’t a surprise that he is just catching up.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:52:24 +0000

”Make sure everyone knows it’s not mine,” Jeter said. “I had nothing to do with that book.”

Doesn’t make it untrue. Until it comes out and he denies the things written in it, simply saying this doesn’t say much at all.