Ladies don't say he's dreamy. I just don't see it. Put him on the Devil Rays. Does he do any better there? No I don't think so. Is it because he's surrounded by Stienbreners hired guns? Maybe so. This is not a Yankee bashing question. Just curious. I played the game for 22 years so don't say I don't know what I'm talking about. I've seen better hitting and fielding shortstops.
2006-10-09 20:07:58 · 11 answers · asked by Too Cool For Me 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I'm not saying the man is a bad baseball player. I'm just saying I've seen better.
2006-10-09 20:12:30 · update #1
Jeter was a rookie in 1996 (he played 15 games in 1995), and the Yankees immediately won the World Series.
After losing to the eventual A.L. champs, the Indians, in the ALDS in 1997, the Yankees went on to win the next three World Series in a row.
After hitting only .250 (OBP .400) against the Braves in 1996, Jeter hit .353, .353 and .409 in the 98, 99 and 2000 World Series, all of which were won by the Yankees.
Overall, Jeter (prior to this year) has hit .307 in 115 post-season games in his career....
The play he made against Oakland in the playoffs that year (2001, I think) is legendary (nailing Jeremy Giambi at the plate with a backhanded flip after chasing down an errant throw), and perhaps deservedly so...I've been watching baseball since the late 60s, and I don't know that I've ever seen a shortstop make that play.
Jeter goes out and does his job every day. He's not a trouble maker. He's actually not as good an overall player as A-Rod, but Jeter is looked at as a winner, because he's been there the whole 11 years since the Yankees started winning regularly. Given A-Rod's ego problems, I've kinda wondered if the Yankees may have been better off putting A-Rod at short and Jeter at third... but what's done is done.
Jeter isn't the best SS of all time, not by any means...but the biggest thing that's helped his image is the fact that the Yankees won 4 World Series in his first five years with the team, and just missed by one inning of winning 5 out of 6.
Jeter did not hit well in the 2001 series, which they lost in 7 games to Arizona...but by that time, he had built up an incredible amount of goodwill by his past performance.
And, although A-Rod is actually a better baseball player and SS than Jeter, this doesn't really factor into people's minds any more, because of A-Rod's postseason failures the last 3 years.
Plus, it doesn't really matter whether Jeter would be looked at the same way if he didn't play in New York...he's there, that's the only thing that counts... and, as I said, it's not just because he's in New York, it's because the Yankees started winning when he got there.
Now, if one asks the question "If this guy were the best player on his team, would it be likely that the team could win the pennant?", I would say in Jeter's case, the answer is maybe, but in A-Rod's case, the I would say the answer is yes. No question Jeter has had an incredible amount of support during these last 11 years.
2006-10-09 23:43:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think its because he of the lineup he has, although it does help. The reason why Jeter is regarded as a great player is that he is a proven winner and very clutch when October comes around. Yes, I know its been 2000 since the yanks won, but he is also a leader in the clubhouse and plays pretty good, for playing in the leagues toughest and most pressured to win city.
I am a Mets fan, not a Yanks, but he really is a great player. Any team would love to have him, and I feel that even if he was on a team like the Devil Rays, he would still excel.
2006-10-10 01:24:45 · answer #2 · answered by nitraine21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's a good player, but he's not the kind of threat in the lineup that makes a team an automatic contender, he doesn't really hit for power, so he needs power hitters around him to drive him in. he's a hero for his "leadership" despite the fact that he has been involved in a number of spats with a-rod and really hasn't done anything to deserve his rep. leadership is certainly important, but it's over-rated by the media because they love character guys and also, any team that falls apart just because it didn't have good leadership wouldn't do much anyways, if players are determined to go their own ways, having jeter won't help at all
2006-10-09 21:34:35 · answer #3 · answered by C_Millionaire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, name 10 better shortstops in the history of baseball. Jeter may not be number one but he sure would be in the top ten. Of course you're Yankee bashing!! If Jeter was on your team, (whatever team that might be) you would be singing his praises! Go back to sleep!
2006-10-10 02:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by Terry 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because not only is he talented, but he appears down-to-earth (like Cal Ripken, Jr when he was playing). He's also half white and half black (I'm talking about Jeter, not Ripken - Ripken's so white that he makes Larry Bird look Jamaican). He represents the coming together (no pun intended) of the Whites and Blacks. The liberal media in New York have a fetish for that sort of stuff.
2006-10-09 21:17:35 · answer #5 · answered by Brian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The marked up 147% by media guy is right on.
Jeter is a great player, and a yankee hero.
Because he is a NY hero, NY media love him, people love him, hes open to the media, and to fans.
Because NY gets so much coverage, so does Jeter
2006-10-09 21:19:57 · answer #6 · answered by holdon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's a very good baseball player who has always had a great supporting cast, the brunt of the pressure has never been on him, and he has shown that he has a knack for getting timely hits. Can't blame him for the Yankee Collapse.....
2006-10-09 20:13:03 · answer #7 · answered by Tony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is advantageous. beneficiant struggle with the aid of Jeter. Yay. i do no longer understand of any Jeter-haters -- Yankees haters, definite, they're in abundance, in spite of the shown fact that this is hardly something on the guy, very own point. i does no longer be in the two camp. lots of the grievance of Jeter is presented as his skills being puffed up -- hugely puffed up -- with the aid of his followers. in case you opt to equate "puffed up" with "hated", high quality, that's your determination, one i think of stupid. he's puffed up. he's likewise going to finally end up in Cooperstown. yet, and it extremely is significant, all that has to do with baseball and specifically baseball. What he does off the sphere -- score with warm babes, deliver a advantageous and personalised present equipment to a wounded fan, in spite of -- does not element in. Or a minimum of shouldn't. Jeter is an puffed up participant, and honestly does not belong at shortstop from now on, hasn't for some seasons now. i'm going to stand with that. That he took a jiffy out for fan venture, further to his interest with the aid of very own connections, is a heartwarming tale yet does not consequence a baseball assessment of him. One would as properly criticize President Obama's foreign places coverage judgements based upon how Michelle replaced some accessory decor in the pink Room.
2016-12-08 12:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AMEN!!! Avery good talent, but marked up 147% by the power and weight of the New York press.
As to 'dreamy, women I've known descibe him as very subpar in looks desciribing him from "unnervingly featureless" to "spooky" to "looks like he should be kept in a hangar at Roswell"
2006-10-09 20:15:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
boy you must have been doing alot of drugs (roids) if you think jeter is a bad baseball player.
2006-10-09 20:10:31 · answer #10 · answered by Red Sawx ® 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋