It's somewhat refreshing to see this idiotic "pressure" argument being applied to somebody besides ARod, but this is jaw-dropping in its ignorance:
"Suddenly, the normally unflappable Derek Jeter is finding the rarified air where the Yankee deities reside can be suffocating."
Guy goes a whole eight at-bats without getting a hit.
Hit the ball hard, too.
"But while he may be starting to make a dent on the Yankee deities, they are still all what they are - in a separate class insofar as the greatest Yankees of all time. On that list, the best Jeter can be viewed right now is sixth - behind Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle and Yogi Berra. DiMaggio, Mantle and Berra all won three Most Valuable Player awards apiece to Jeter's none, while Ruth and Gehrig undoubtedly would have won their share of MVPs had most of their careers not occurred before 1931 when the award was incepted."
"Incepted"?
Bill Madden, how sure are you that "incepted" is a word?
It might be one of those modern made-up words -- I'm all for the malleability of the English language -- and it may be acceptable for Scrabble -- but, at best, it's an assault on the eardrums.
No matter: Wordsmithing is hardly the biggest problem with this article.
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