Oh, c'mon. I'm just kidding.
Every Yankee fan appreciates Jeter, even if the press worship quite often contains blatantly homosexual overtones:
"Jeter has a nice face, a rugged face, a handsome face, equal parts black and white, the son of a black father and white mother who had simple rules for him in high school, including being home by 10 p.m. every night and eating his lunch every day. He was taught well, and he has never forgotten his lessons. That's why he is such a good player and team captain. That's why he is the face of baseball."
My gripe with the Jeter worship is just the fact that it's quite often flat-out inaccurate.
Jeter has his clutch rep and his big game rep, and it's well-deserved, of course. I think he belongs in the HOF if he retired tomorrow. But belief systems and reputations should constantly be re-examined.
An 0-fer vs. the Mets does not take four rings off Jeter's fingers. But when Jeter has a 2-error, 3-strikeout game vs. the Mets, the press won't even mention it, much less actually criticize the Golden Boy. Instead, they'll present a detailed list of every single ARod error during the season. The result is simply a misrepresentation of what's going on on the field.
Common sense dictates that the Captain goes down with his ship. Jeter gets a lot of well-deserved credit for four rings, but never gets any well-deserved blame when his team fails to win the World Series ... or reaches the 1/3rd mark of the season in fourth place.
No comments:
Post a Comment