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Originally posted by Member of X This is a very cynical response and I'm not feeling it! Being at the game, I saw how much ground he covered and concentration he had. Hard to believe A Rod doing something like that.... (pretty boy). As for your Jeter's better defense because of A Rod comment. Are you saying A Rod being a good defender made him better or that A Rod's precense and subsequent talk about who was the better SS pushed Jeter to be better? Because Pay Rod has been pathetic this year on defense. Quite surprisingly to be honest and I don't have a reason for it. Lots of errors in very crucial moments too.

all i have to say about last night is a
3-2 bases loaded fastball in on the plate and you take it for strike 3 looking? a rod cmon man you gotta swing the bat in those situations

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Originally posted by kid nyce all i have to say about last night is a 3-2 bases loaded fastball in on the plate and you take it for strike 3 looking? a rod cmon man you gotta swing the bat in those situations

I agree 100%. Jeter makes the best plays in the most crucial moments and/or against the best teams. A Rod makes his blunders in the crucial moments or against the best teams. That's why Jeter is beloved and A Rod has yet to earn every Yankee fans respect. Pay Rod puts up the numbers but he needs to do it when it matters to make us love him.

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i don't think cano would've gotten it. he overran the ball it looks like. i dunno, i respect jeter cuz he makes plays. a-rod looked at a high 3-2... changeup? slow fastball? i don't know what that was lol

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Originally posted by trunks1022 i don't think cano would've gotten it. he overran the ball it looks like. i dunno, i respect jeter cuz he makes plays. a-rod looked at a high 3-2... changeup? slow fastball? i don't know what that was lol

If you watch the replay on MLB.com, you can see that Cano's glove was DIRECTLY under Jeter's. But whatever...

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Originally posted by Member of X As for your Jeter's better defense because of A Rod comment. Are you saying A Rod being a good defender made him better or that A Rod's precense and subsequent talk about who was the better SS pushed Jeter to be better?

No. I didn't mean that. I should've clarified. Rodriguez' plus range to his left enabled him to get to more balls, which took away the balls that Jeter had, in previous years, been unable to get. Rod's + range to his left would also allow Jeter to shade more towards 2nd base, which would allow him to get to more balls up the middle.

Again, this is all speculation. But how else do you explain a perenially poor defender suddenly becoming the best defensive SS in the league for a year? I think Rob Neyer did an article on it. And he despises Jeter. But he said that, going by Jete's numbers (not error's, but the other SABR defensive stats [RF/ZR/UZR/etc]), the only other SS who deserved it was Tejada. And it was close. So he let Jeter slide on this one.

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Originally posted by kid nyce all i have to say about last night is a 3-2 bases loaded fastball in on the plate and you take it for strike 3 looking? a rod cmon man you gotta swing the bat in those situations

But Jeter would've hit it, right?

Captain Calm Eyes...

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A-rod will continues to be on fire this weekend he leads the world in HR and RBI's, 315 average 420 OB, get off him hes the best overall pl;ayer in baseball,(bonds cant play d anymore and albert cant run or play a postion) . Yanks will be is 1st by the allstar break guaranteed, boston is playing like crap schilling out till mid july, baltimore has been decimated by injuries this week and there pitching has come back to reality recently(sosa is washed up too) So to all you haters the evil empire has risen again!!!!

ps and there going to get zito at the dreadline for insurance

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Originally posted by TranceHater A-rod will continues to be on fire this weekend he leads the world in HR and RBI's, 315 average 420 OB, get off him hes the best overall pl;ayer in baseball,(bonds cant play d anymore and albert cant run or play a postion) . Yanks will be is 1st by the allstar break guaranteed, boston is playing like crap schilling out till mid july, baltimore has been decimated by injuries this week and there pitching has come back to reality recently(sosa is washed up too) So to all you haters the evil empire has risen again!!!! ps and there going to get zito at the dreadline for insurance

Okay.

How do you plan on getting Zito? Cano and Wang? Billy Beane is not a moron.

And... as of 3 weeks ago, the Yankees were TERRRRRRIBLE. So how can you say that "boston is playing like crap" has any bearing on anything. You don't think they can win 15 out of 17? When they get going, they're as good if not better than the Yankees.

Again, I'm not saying that it won't happen. Just don't be so sure of anything in baseball. At this time last year, Ivan Rodriguez was going to be the first catcher to win a batting title.

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Originally posted by Shamez214 Okay. And... as of 3 weeks ago, the Yankees were TERRRRRRIBLE. So how can you say that "boston is playing like crap" has any bearing on anything. You don't think they can win 15 out of 17? When they get going, they're as good if not better than the Yankees. Again, I'm not saying that it won't happen. Just don't be so sure of anything in baseball. At this time last year, Ivan Rodriguez was going to be the first catcher to win a batting title.

Boston is playing like crap for a Former world champion that has improved there overall team form last year, they should have an 8 game lead over the yanks. manny is hiiting 80 pts under his career averag ortiz is not the same, there defense sucks,Damon is having a career year, clement is undefeated and they still cant win? Unless schilling goes 12-2 They will be lucky to make the post season without drastic changes to team.whitesox are almost a lock to either win the divison or the wild card at this point, so the extra spot isnt as much of a lock for the bosox this year!

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Originally posted by TranceHater Boston is playing like crap for a Former world champion that has improved there overall team form last year, they should have an 8 game lead over the yanks. manny is hiiting 80 pts under his career averag ortiz is not the same, there defense sucks,Damon is having a career year, clement is undefeated and they still cant win? Unless schilling goes 12-2 They will be lucky to make the post season without drastic changes to team.whitesox are almost a lock to either win the divison or the wild card at this point, so the extra spot isnt as much of a lock for the bosox this year!

Whatever you say, buddy.

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Originally posted by Shamez214 Whatever you say, buddy.

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