UZR and like minded fielding statistics were almost mentioned by name on tonight’s Curb Your Enthusiasm when Larry David got into a fight with a stonemason about whether or not Derek Jeter sucks. Here’s a transcript of the phone conversation:
Stonemason: “That guy [Derek Jeter] sucks.”
Larry David: “Who sucks?”
Stonemason: “Derek Jeter, he’s the most overrated [...]
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November 02, 2009
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals won the Hank Aaron Award in fan voting for the best offensive players in their leagues.
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November 01, 2009
Derek Jeter is stockpiling awards named after Hall of Famers.
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October 31, 2009
Today, as we all know, is Halloween. And although many people in New York and Philadelphia will be out trick or treating, most of them will be on their couches, or at the ballpark, watching Game 3 of the World Series between the Yankees and Phillies.But before we talk about tomorrow night, let's go back 8 years ago. October 31st, 2001. Just about 6 weeks after 9/11, and the Yankees...
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November 03, 2009
PHILADELPHA -- Derek Jeter occasionally wears postseason goat horns, too.
Last night the Yankees captain had a chance to embellish his November legacy -- he is, after all, the original Mr. November -- but couldn't produce in the ninth inning. Jete...
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November 02, 2009
Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced today that Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees and Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals have been selected by the fans as the winners of the 2009 Sharp Presents Hank Aaron Award. This is the seventh consecutive year that Major League Baseball fans have had a [...]
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November 02, 2009
New York is thinking of naming the new 153rd Street bridge to The Bronx after Derek Jeter. Maybe they should call it the Phil Hughes Bridge and rename The Bronx “Rivera.”
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October 31, 2009
PHILADELPHIA -- Derek Jeter paused at the question.
"Can you hear anything here that you haven't heard in Boston?" Jeter was asked prior to a Citizens Bank Park workout yesterday in preparation for tonight's World Series Game 3 against the Phillies...
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November 03, 2009
Howard: No matter how perfectly their statistics align, Chase Utley isn’t the next Reggie Jackson. He’s becoming the new Derek Jeter, right before our eyes.
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November 02, 2009
*******Live chat at bottom of post*******World Series Game 5Yankees @ PhilliesCitizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PAGame Time: 7:57 p.m.TV: FOX | Radio: WCBS 880Here are the lineups:YANKEES (3-1)Derek Jeter SSJohnny Damon LFMark Teixeira 1BAlex Rodriguez 3BNick Swisher RFRobinson Cano 2BBrett Gardner CFJose Molina CA.J. Burnett PPitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (1-0, 3.55 ERA)PHILLIES ...
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November 02, 2009
Derek Jeter and Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals won the Hank Aaron Award in fan voting for the best offensive players in their leagues.
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November 02, 2009
PHILADELPHIA — Had Derek Jeter(notes) been the culprit of the double theft, it would have gone done in the history books as the all-time greatest display of "baseball smarts."But since it was a self-described Idiot doing the thieving? Well, every ensuing description of the heads-up play seemed to use a decidedly less brainy term — "instinct." In the...
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November 02, 2009
The game started on Halloween night, but it didn’t end till Derek Jeter hit one to the opposite field and won Game 4 of the 2001 World Series. That was the first time we have November baseball. Personally, I think we should find a way to end the World Series no later than Halloween. This [...]
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October 31, 2009
NYY: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 14-8, 4.16 ERA, 4.19 FIP, 2.1 WAR) vs PHI: Cole Hamels (25, RHP, 10-11, 4.32 ERA, 3.74 FIP, 2.5 WAR)
Lineups
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS (.334/.404/.465, 5.5 WAR)
Johnny Damon, LF (.282/.364/.489, 3.0 WAR)
Mark Teixeira, 1B (.292/.383/.565, 4.5 WAR)
Alex Rodriguez, 3B (.286/.402/.532, 3.4 WAR)
Jorge Posada, C (.285/.363/.522, 1.2 WAR)
Robinson...
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