tOfficial "Derek Jeter Retirement Circus" Thread

[RobToxin]

New York Yankees Retirement Card for Derek Jeter - SportsPickle | SportsPickle

 

[Brocktagon]

Here is a stat to chew on.

In espect to just defense, Jeter cost his team more runs on defense than any player in history. I just wanted to follow up on that a bit more.

That statement is arguably -- or maybe inarguably, depending on your belief in defensive metrics -- a true statement. According to Baseball-Reference.com, the players who cost their teams the most runs on defense over their careers compared to an average defender at their position:

1. Derek Jeter: -236 runs
2. Gary Sheffield: -196 runs
3. Adam Dunn: -165 runs
4. Michael Young: -154 runs
5. Bernie Williams: -139 runs
6. Manny Ramirez: -129 runs
7. Bobby Bonilla: -121 runs
8. Danny Tartabull: -120 runs
9. Ricky Gutierrez: -117 runs
10. Chris Gomez: -114 runs

maybe if he call the ground balls with his ass, this statistic wouldn't exist!

 

[steveringo]

New York Yankees Retirement Card for Derek Jeter - SportsPickle | SportsPickle

Very nice:

 

[steveringo]

Here is a stat to chew on.

In espect to just defense, Jeter cost his team more runs on defense than any player in history. I just wanted to follow up on that a bit more.

That statement is arguably -- or maybe inarguably, depending on your belief in defensive metrics -- a true statement. According to Baseball-Reference.com, the players who cost their teams the most runs on defense over their careers compared to an average defender at their position:

1. Derek Jeter: -236 runs
2. Gary Sheffield: -196 runs
3. Adam Dunn: -165 runs
4. Michael Young: -154 runs
5. Bernie Williams: -139 runs
6. Manny Ramirez: -129 runs
7. Bobby Bonilla: -121 runs
8. Danny Tartabull: -120 runs
9. Ricky Gutierrez: -117 runs
10. Chris Gomez: -114 runs

And to be fair, Jeter has played for a long time. If you divide the total by seasons, you get a better picture:

Adam Dunn: 12.69
Derek Jeter: 12.42
Michael Young: 11.00
Ricky Gutierrez: 9.75
Gary Sheffield: 8.91
Bernie Williams: 8.69
Danny Tartabull: 8.57
Bobby Bonilla: 7.56
Chris Gomez: 7.13
Manny Ramirez: 6.79

So, he really wasn't the worst ever... And no one ever accused him of being a gold glover...



oh, wait.....

 

[$500 Million]

And to be fair, Jeter has played for a long time. If you divide the total by seasons, you get a better picture:

Adam Dunn: 12.69
Derek Jeter: 12.42
Michael Young: 11.00
Ricky Gutierrez: 9.75
Gary Sheffield: 8.91
Bernie Williams: 8.69
Danny Tartabull: 8.57
Bobby Bonilla: 7.56
Chris Gomez: 7.13
Manny Ramirez: 6.79

So, he really wasn't the worst ever... And no one ever accused him of being a gold glover...



oh, wait.....

Don't rain on the parade.

 

[navamind]

Shut up, stats nerds and haters: You?re wrong about Derek Jeter - Salon.com

lulz

 

[HammerDown]

Tim McCarver must be kicking himself for retiring one year too soon and missing all those opportunities to glorify Jeter with absurd melodramatic claims of greatness.

This is going to be such a total fucking joke.

 

[anotheridiot]

you think he will get gifts from all the ballparks like Mariano got?

 

[RoboticDreams]

Jeter,

 

[HammerDown]

you think he will get gifts from all the ballparks like Mariano got?

I never though that was in question. It's going to be very interesting to find out if Jeter can possibly surpass Mariano as the biggest attention-whore gloryhound of our generation.

 

[$500 Million]

I feel bad for people who hate the Yankees and even worse for people who don't like Jeter.

This baseball season is going to genuinely suck for you people. Bad enough you had to deal with Mariano all through last year, now not only to you have to sit through it all again, but this time it's Jeter.




Might want to just sit this season out boys.

 

[Chef99]

I'm just hoping this doesn't bring McCarver out of retirement.

 

[Southieinnc]

I feel bad for people who hate the Yankees and even worse for people who don't like Jeter.

This baseball season is going to genuinely suck for you people. Bad enough you had to deal with Mariano all through last year, now not only to you have to sit through it all again, but this time it's Jeter.




Might want to just sit this season out boys.

You might have a point there I can't wait for the World Champion Red Sox to continue where they left off. I can turn the sound off in the Yankee games.....

Gifts for Jeter? How about an Arod voodoo doll and a case of pins?

 

[Sportsguy9695]

you think he will get gifts from all the ballparks like Mariano got?

I would like to see them do that. i thought that was pretty cool

 

[gowazzu02]

I feel bad for people who hate the Yankees and even worse for people who don't like Jeter.

This baseball season is going to genuinely suck for you people. Bad enough you had to deal with Mariano all through last year, now not only to you have to sit through it all again, but this time it's Jeter.




Might want to just sit this season out boys.

If you substitute Jeter for yankees coverage in general, and then substitute this year for every year. You would be correct.

Can only wait for my first of 21 times I get to see Yanks Sawk on ESPN

 

[Loneranger]

kinda surprised and disappointed Jeter announced this now. On the other hand he may let it be known to all there will be no repeat of the circus Rivera put us all thru

 

[The Derski]

How can you hate Jeter? I mean I hate the Yankees as much as the next person but Jeter is probably the most likable Yankee in history.

 

[CSD]

you think he will get gifts from all the ballparks like Mariano got?

Tenfold

How can you hate Jeter? I mean I hate the Yankees as much as the next person but Jeter is probably the most likable Yankee in history.

Agreed. Yankee hate aside, Jeter has always been a classy player. No reason for anyone to hate the guy.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

FISTPUMP!

 

[HammerDown]

How many cliche' jump throws will we see from Jeter this season?