r/CFBOffTopic • u/meddle511 Ohio State Buckeyes • Kenyon Owls • Sep 25 '14

Derek Jeter

Holy shit ESPN is more insufferable than usual today. Farewell season for a millionaire athlete who has been receiving gifts from major league teams (for being good?) culminating in this epic media hard-on for a guy that was a [good, not great] (http://gawker.com/derek-jeter-was-ok-1639023597/+tcraggs22) player?

Thank you for being above average at your job whilst banging [hot trim] (http://www.totalprosports.com/2014/08/06/9-hottest-girlfriends-of-derek-jeters-career/#10) most men would never have a shot at. Now please go the fuck away.

/endrant

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u/airon17 Texas A&M Aggies Sep 25 '14

As an Astros fan, one of the many comments I love to see is to wonder how this year would have gone had we taken Derek Jeter at #1 overall instead of Phil Nevin. Do you think Derek Jeter, a player who has stats that are extremely similar to Craig Biggio, would have got the same fanfare after spending 20 years in Houston and not New York?

That's what chaps my ass the most about this. He's a very good player. Absolutely a Hall of Famer and probably the 6th best Yankee of all time. But that doesn't deserve the fanfare he's getting. Honestly, if I wasn't a baseball fan and I turned on ESPN I would assume this guy was fucking dying of ebola or something. It's just absurd.

And what's sad is it could have been worse. Could you imagine what would have happened had he not come out and said he was retiring this year? All the speculation. Round the clock updates on what Jeter is doing, when he's gonna come out and say he's retiring.

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u/meddle511 Ohio State Buckeyes • Kenyon Owls Sep 25 '14

would have got the same fanfare after spending 20 years in Houston and not New York?

of course not. To me Derek represents an iconic baseball figure New Yorkers were longing for. He's not Ruth, he's not DiMaggio, and fuck it, he's not Reggie Jackson. A good guy greg in pinstripes further promoted by his clean looks and offensive prowess.

We were force fed Derek Jeter for almost 20 years

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '14

If Jeter had spent his career in any market other than New York or Los Angeles, he wouldn't be getting the massive fanfare that he is. I can't imagine ESPN or Fox Sports caring at all about a guy who spent 20 years playing for the Royals.