A-rod:
"He's never had to lead," Rodriguez was quoted as saying in April's edition of Esquire. "He can just go and play and have fun. He hits second -- that's totally different than third or fourth in a lineup. You go into New York, you wanna stop Bernie (Williams) and (Paul) O'Neill. You never say, 'Don't let Derek beat us.' He's never your concern."
Sheff:
"I know who the leader is on the team," Sheffield told the magazine. "I ain't going to say who it is, but I know who it is. I know who the team feeds off. I know who the opposing team comes in knowing they have to defend to stop the Yankees.
"I know this. The people don't know. Why? The media don't want them to know. They want to promote two players in a positive light, and everyone else is garbage."
His peers:
In a Sports Illustrated poll of 470 players, Jeter was named on 9 percent of the ballots as the most over-rated.
Rob Neyer:
And as it happens, any number of bright people -- Bill James, Tom Tippett, etc. -- have designed their own methods for evaluating defensive statistics, and I believe that they all reach the same conclusion: Derek Jeter is, at best, an adequate defensive shortstop. He simply doesn't make many plays, and that's true even if you adjust for the left-handedness (or not) of the Yankee pitchers, and it's true even if you also adjust for the tendency of the Yankee pitchers to allow ground balls (or not).
Stop hating...He's hands down the MVP AND he bones all the hotties - Adriana Lima, Mariah Carey, vanessa Minillo, you guys couldn't even talk to these girls...Everyone is just jealous.
MVP! MVP! MVP!
Ha Ha, to all you Morneau mourners...
This is what's gonna happen tonight when the Yanks clinch!!! Party at Jeet's house!!!
"He's never had to lead," Rodriguez was quoted as saying in April's edition of Esquire. "He can just go and play and have fun. He hits second -- that's totally different than third or fourth in a lineup. You go into New York, you wanna stop Bernie (Williams) and (Paul) O'Neill. You never say, 'Don't let Derek beat us.' He's never your concern."
Sheff:
"I know who the leader is on the team," Sheffield told the magazine. "I ain't going to say who it is, but I know who it is. I know who the team feeds off. I know who the opposing team comes in knowing they have to defend to stop the Yankees.
"I know this. The people don't know. Why? The media don't want them to know. They want to promote two players in a positive light, and everyone else is garbage."
His peers:
In a Sports Illustrated poll of 470 players, Jeter was named on 9 percent of the ballots as the most over-rated.
Rob Neyer:
And as it happens, any number of bright people -- Bill James, Tom Tippett, etc. -- have designed their own methods for evaluating defensive statistics, and I believe that they all reach the same conclusion: Derek Jeter is, at best, an adequate defensive shortstop. He simply doesn't make many plays, and that's true even if you adjust for the left-handedness (or not) of the Yankee pitchers, and it's true even if you also adjust for the tendency of the Yankee pitchers to allow ground balls (or not).
Stop hating...He's hands down the MVP AND he bones all the hotties - Adriana Lima, Mariah Carey, vanessa Minillo, you guys couldn't even talk to these girls...Everyone is just jealous.
MVP! MVP! MVP!
Ha Ha, to all you Morneau mourners...
This is what's gonna happen tonight when the Yanks clinch!!! Party at Jeet's house!!!
