This is just about baseball and the way it's being played.

"This isn't about who is the most famous shortstop in town, or the one with the most rings, or the one who is the captain of the New York Yankees, or the one who makes almost as much money as any player in big-league history. This isn't about class or resume.

This is just about the baseball season being played and the way it is being played, as the All-Star break comes up fast, by the two shortstops in town, only one of whom ever catches a real beating."

It's quite amazing that Lupica lives in a world where nobody criticizes Jeter.

I know lots of Yankee fans and every single one of them has been criticizing Jeter lately.

I mean, Lupica devotes an entire article to Jeter-vs.-Reyes and doesn't even mention that Jeter leads the World in GIDP.

Everyone knows that Reyes is having a better year than Jeter, though Lupica conveniently ignores RISP BA when it suits his position. Which is not really a big deal, except for the fact that he's going to bring it up the next time he claims that Joe Crede is better than ARod.

The criticism of Reyes is justified. He seemingly doesn't make the most of his talents. He acts very immaturely, he gets picked off second base at inopportune times, he often seems disinterested. Fans don't like that. Jeter can hit .212 and it's safe to say he'd never get picked off second base with the game on the line.

I'm flabbergasted by Lupica's sudden claim that this is just about the baseball season and the way it is being played. In an article where he mentions ARod's divorce not once, not twice, but three times.

Can you imagine a clown like Page Six Lupica claiming that the press is treating players unfairly by directing focus away from the players' on-field contributions?