I think you Met fans are so blinded by jealousy and hatred of the Yankees you'll say anything... this Jeter arguement is the most retarded I've seen
Alio..Jeters lack of range is mostly to his left..he cant go left...like Jerry Seinfeld...so the stands thing doesnt illustrate that
Since the day I was born.... I did lose a bet with 17a and I really dont see a reason to advertise that beyond the sig & avatar.
Jeter responds: TAMPA, Fla. -- Maintaining they have a fine relationship on the field and in the clubhouse, Derek Jeter resolutely refused to discuss the deterioration of his friendship with Alex Rodriguez away from the ballpark. One day after A-Rod finally acknowledged the pair no longer are best friends, Jeter sat in the same first-base dugout at Legends Field and was asked to respond. "I don't have a rift with Alex," the New York Yankees captain said Tuesday. "We go out there. We work together. This is our fourth year to be playing together. It's annoying to hear about it all the time. Everyone assumes they know what our relationship is. Everyone assumes -- they see us on the field, if one person gives another one a look, it's a story. If we're at opposite ends of the bench, people say it's a story." Shortly after arriving at spring training on Monday, Rodriguez said it was time for him to stop pretending that his relationship with Jeter was as close as it was in the 1990s. The pair have drifted apart since Rodriguez made critical remarks in a 2001 Esquire article. "I don't see the relevance of it," Jeter said. "It has no bearing on us playing baseball." Jeter refused to say how close he and Rodriguez are away from the ballpark. "How would I characterize it? I would characterize it as it doesn't make a difference," he said. "What we do away from the field, how much time we spend together, really makes no difference when we're playing." Coming up through the Yankees' organization and becoming a key component of the unit that won four World Series titles from 1996-2000, Jeter has worked hard to avoid discussing his private life. "I understand my job is public, but your personal life is your personal life. Once you open that door, it doesn't stop," he said. "Away from the field, people want to keep tabs on how many times we go out to eat, things like that. That has no bearing on what we're trying to do." Jeter was criticized by some last year for not voicing sufficient support for Rodriguez, who struggled during the regular season and was booed at Yankee Stadium. "From Day 1 I've said I support Alex," he said. "The only thing I'm not going to do is tell the fans what to do. ... I don't think it's my job to tell fans to boo or not to do."
Jeter also said he will not comment on the subject anymore... Good. This is just another pointless story... Jeter is right though...The fans have a right to boo, Jeter was booed himself, but you're not going to question Yankees fans on a player or whatever.
Jeter had the chance to gush about A-Rod for even only 10 seconds and end this story forever, once and for all, and he side-stepped the issue. As usual.
Being a "leader" in baseball is alot different then other team sports like say football or basketball. Being good isn't enough since you really don't elevate the play of the other guys on the field by virtue of being good. A player that isn't an integral part of the lineup or someone that just plain sucks can be a great leader by virtue of their personality. Jeter is a lousy leader or captain or whatever you want to call him.
agreed 3rd....I also think of all the sports baseball teams dont even need captains....in Jeters case its an honor they threw him because hes a great guy and he hustles and hes a winner etc....doesnt really matter
This is exactly the point. He is a captain in an honorary role. For you guys to be making such an issue out of this is ridiculous. He has no reason to say any more than he already has. He obviously doesn't like Alex. He's sidestepping because just as you are flaming the hell out of him right now for skirting the issue, you'd be vilifying him for saying how he REALLY feels. But go ahead. Make the sportswriters' jobs easier. Feed into it.
Im not sayin he should make the statements as captain Im sayin he should support Alex as the most notable and repected yankee
So by the same token, Alex, as the then most notable and respected player in the sport when he made the comments that started it all, should apologize first. Sorry man, ARod is a dickhead. He's totally stuck on himself, and I'm supposed to feel somehow bad for him? Look at it like this. I was one of the last people to jump off the ARod bandwagon. 10P should remember how we argued about him. I was letting him ride, solely based on his natural talent. The problem is, it doesn't carry him. If I'm down 1 with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, with a runner on first, I want Jeter up, not ARod. The supposed most talented player in the game should NEVER need to be overlooked in that situation. Jeter owes ARod nothing. If ARod wants to settle it, he'll publicly apologize to Jeter first. After that, if Derek chooses to continue the feud, then I would say he was wrong. But ARod would rather hide behind his charity work, or his BS "toughness" that lets him deal with the boos. F ARod.
It's not about A-Rod or Jeter, it's about what's best for the team. What harm is there in saying a few nice words about A-Rod or telling the fans to relax a bit? When Beltran was sulking in the dugout after a big hit Franco told him to get his ass up for the curtain call. That's the kind of things that captains do. Who knows if it would make a difference or not with A-Rod, but the point is Jeter hasn't even made the effort.
