No, YOU'VE got to be kidding me.

I'm sure that some of you saw this article when it was first published, and I'd be shocked if it was never mentioned here. But I just stumbled upon it and was astounded by the way the columnist and almost everyone he quoted used the exact same pro-Yankee rhetoric we love to mock here. Empirical evidence was blasted in favor of "intangibles" and "clutchness". I think it's safe to say that this is the Jeter Is So Awesome and Has An Edge Manifesto.

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wow that article is awful

by cjmulrain on Apr 23, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions

http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/02/this-is-what-were-up-against.html

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Apr 23, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions

I remember reading this piece of crap.

Pretty standard of the Post’s level of ‘quality’. We didn’t get any mileage out of it?

by BobbyV_Incognito on Apr 23, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions

Genius:

“He has intangible qualities that can’t be measured with statistics,” said East Village bar owner Kevin Hooshangi, 28.

“He’s he ultimate teammate. It doesn’t matter what his percentages are when he’s making big plays in big games. He’s the one with four World Series rings.”

Give this man a regular column!

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Apr 23, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions

Ew...

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Apr 23, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

That article was the worst thing I ever anything'd

by Eric Simon on Apr 24, 2009 9:27 AM EDT reply actions

Gawd

That was a depressing read. I love this comment though – so perfectly cliched it could come straight from the Onion:

“I don’t know what they’re smoking down at Penn,” said Yankees fan Mike Birch, 32. “That’s preposterous. I completely disagree. Jeter’s a clutch player.”

by deadspy3 on Apr 24, 2009 10:45 AM EDT reply actions

I went to Penn

They’re not smoking anything. Yankees fan Mike Birch is just way smarter.

by jasondg on Apr 24, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

OMG OMG

“Jensen said a player’s success depended on his range as well as how effectively he made decisions and positioned himself on the field.”

Preposterous!!! A defenders success is dependent on whether he’s the first one out of the dugout waving a towel when a teammate hits a home run or how he pumps his fist after a jump-throw to first.

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Apr 28, 2009 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

Really?

I was under the impression that a player’s success depended on how far he jumped on the jump-throw to first, as well as how many times he used the jump-throw to first (preferably at every possible opportunity).

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Apr 28, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions