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Who's riskier, Teixeira or Ryan Howard? Tough call.
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That is a really tough call. The first thing that came to mind was a line from the old Monty Python skit, "Australian Table Wines"--Originally posted by Erik View Post
"This is not a wine for drinking. This is a wine for laying down and avoiding."
(BTW, Aussie wines are actually quite good--now. Forty years ago, not so much.)
My bias against the Yankees would initially have me leaning towards taking Howard. Then I'd probably take Teixeira just to "prove" I'm not prejudiced. Either way would be another stone in the Road of Regret.Only the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William JamesComment
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Derek Jeter announced that he will retire after this season. Not a huge surprise but I thought it would be possible that he'd try to stick around for a few more years even if he wasn't starting.I'm unconsoled I'm lonely, I am so much better than I used to be.
The Weakerthans AsideComment
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Unlike some players, when Jeter says he's calling it quits after the season, you can book it. I think he's already done, but given his career, you have to give him the chance to go out under better circumstances than last year.Originally posted by BuckyBuckner View PostOnly the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William JamesComment
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Man, the Yanks without Mo and Jeter? Times they are a changing.
Too bad he wasn't able to get an on-field send-off like Rivera.
As a Yankee dis-liker, this makes it a little bit easier to keep rooting against them. He and Mo were two of the classiest ever to play the game.Comment
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He will--retirign at the end of the 2014 season.Originally posted by Friarfan View Post"There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed. I say this in order to impress upon you, if you are not already so impressed, that no small matter should divert us from our great purpose. "
Abraham Lincoln, from his Address to the Ohio One Hundred Sixty Fourth Volunteer InfantryComment
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Each opponent will supply Jeter with a different virgin for each night on the roadfinished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1Comment
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He always had good judgement. This is the proper time for him to retire.Comment
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He'll be on the DL by mid-April......Originally posted by Judge Jude View PostBadges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!Comment
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Jeter is already in the top 10 for hits and if he stays healthy should finish in the top 10 for runs scored along with a .310+ batting average.Originally posted by eldiablo505
Rank Player (yrs) Hits
1. Pete Rose (24) 4256
2. Ty Cobb (24) 4189
3. Hank Aaron (23) 3771
4. Stan Musial (22) 3630
5. Tris Speaker (22)3514
6. Cap Anson (27) 3435
7. Honus Wagner (21)3420
8. Carl Yastrzemsk (23)3419
9. Paul Molitor (21) 3319
10. Derek Jeter (19)3316
Rank Player (yrs) Runs Scored
1. Rickey Henderson (25) 2295
2. Ty Cobb (24) 2246
3. Barry Bonds (22) 2227
4. Hank Aaron (23) 2174
4. Babe Ruth (22) 2174
6. Pete Rose (24) 2165
7. Willie Mays (22) 2062
8. Cap Anson (27) 1999
9. Stan Musial (22) 1949
10. Alex Rodriguez (20) 1919
11. Lou Gehrig (17) 1888
12. Tris Speaker (22) 1882
13. Derek Jeter (19) 1876“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert EinsteinComment
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Originally posted by Bob Kohm View Post
How long will they let him play with diminishing skills when the injury comes along? This should be drama all season
I think an injured Jeter barely hitting still sells tickets so he will playComment
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If it comes down to management choosing between an unable-but-unwilling-to-admit-it Jeter and Girardi, they'll choose Jeter--then fire Girardi at the end of the season because he didn't win enough.Originally posted by swampdragon View PostOnly the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William JamesComment
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Yanks with a nice ML signing of Andrew Bailey.....ya know, just in case D-Rob isn't Mo after all.Comment
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All the durability of a Yankee position player but younger. Seriously, though, a good addition if he can ever get healthy enough to contribute.Originally posted by revo View PostOnly the madman is absolutely sure. -Robert Anton Wilson, novelist (1932-2007)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William JamesComment
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