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Found January 18, 2012 on A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory:
PLAYERS: Derek Jeter,  Jackie Robinson
TEAMS: New York Yankees,  Boston Red Sox

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I like to joke about how Yankees fans/announcers occasionally act like the on-field successes of Derek Jeter have an impact on world events.But every once in a while, someone actually crosses into that territory.In a piece that mentions Adolf Hitler, Muhammed Ali, Jackie Robinson, and the Civil Rights Movement, Wallace Matthews writes that Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech "could well have been" about then-unborn Derek Jeter.But the most appalling part of the article is when Matthews claims that not even Red Sox or Mets fans can hate Derek Jeter.I suppose that's why we boo him every single time his name is announced. This goes along with Michael Kay's theory that "boos on the road are the same as cheers at home." Classic "the Yankees win no matter what" behavior. This is a team that plays their victory song even after they lose, remember. What causes this mentality? Are people just so afraid of failure or disaster or...
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