Does Jeter hang em up should Tigers win vs Yanks?

[kalinesboy]

If we win today then Jeter has to face something. The Yanks are becoming a run of the mill club. They are not the dominating Phillies-esque squad of years ago. No, they have become more like the team that squandered it's ALCS lead to Boston and thereby chucked the Curse of the Bambino.

All politics aside: future of Tigers = Dubya throwing a first pitch;
next year NYYs = The dynamic throw of BHO

contemplate and discuss.

Oh what do I think Jeter does? He plays but regrets it as NYYs fade in 2012.

 

[jimrice]

I think your train of thought needs more track.

 

[hellifino]

where we going with this.

 

[thehippo73]

Jeter plays next year. The Yanks are still gonna be in the playoffs. They led the ALeague in wins. I hope the Tigers fade like that.

 

[turok]

The Yankees will remain a near or legitimate contender for most seasons, and for decades to come, as long as there is no hard salary cap. They have oodles of money to spend, and their farm system is as good or better than most other MLB teams, it having produced some solid blue-chip prospects, a few who have become All-Stars.

They, unlike most teams can certainly afford to screw up in trades and FA, and like last off-season, sometimes NOT being able to acquire a sought-after hitter/pitcher, but they will hardly skip a contending beat for more than one season or two of being "down". Down of course, still being close to what would be a "dream" season for fans of "some" MLB teams. IMO.

The only "pitch" that Dubya will be involved with is a pitching wedge when he plays 18 holes, and exactly who is this "Michelle'' and trained "Bamster" you post of? Are they some kinda teabagger codespeak for the POTUS and his wife/First Lady? If so, his main game is basketball, not baseball, unlike his predecessor.

 

[kalinesboy]

This TRAIN is bound for a story, this TRAIN. We have this aging and roidless core of the Yankees not winning over 100 games this year....and all that core soon to depart. Detroit has better pitching and are just a 2b and good 4/5 sp short of a REALLY, really good team at least. So supposing the Yanks are eliminated by Detroit is the ALDS, what does Jeter do? Stay around and watch the NYYs come in third next year? Well, no HOFER wants to go out that way, but it has been such a tradition of great players to make a last visit to the various ballparks he no doubt wants to take a last lap. A NYY swoon perhaps would only last one or two seasons, as Turok so adroitly said...but I expect it in 2012. The older Yanks who produced are leaving or gone....thus the WS dominance wanes from it's glory days under Joe Torre.
ADDENDA:
POTUS' pitching style is "questionable", our 44th President therefore is a metaphor of the 2012 Yanks. No doubt "W" would get spanked by Mr. Obama in hoops, but 43 played baseball in college. President 43's delivery is magnificent as the 2012 Tigers will be in my very humble and non-political manner.

 

[jmakula87]

Jeter does have something to face, a big beautiful contract that he is still in. 11:$15M, 12:$16M, 13:$17M, 14:$8M player option ($3M buyout)

 

[kalinesboy]

Oh yeah ....money.....I forgot about THAT.....what does $$$$ have to do with the NYYs? My prediction stays set. He stays but has regrets due to a NYY swoon. Sorta like kissing your sister (unless you are a freak).....stayin around with no glory and your playing time getting cut. You wont see him making that crossing the infield throw on the run play to home in the future. True HOFer though.....just played fr the NYYs as he always wanted to making him part of the problem with baseball.

 

[jimrice]

I really don't understand this at all. Cano, Granderson, CC all had fine years and are still in their prime. Guys like Montero and Nova are showing some nice talent for the future. They have a great farm system and can spend unlimited money to gather talent. Their shortstop nearly had another .300 season. Obviously, Jeter is not the same player as 5-6 years ago, but he's hardly a drag.

This take makes no sense to me, especially in the middle of a playoff series that the Yankees can still win.

 

[turok]

ADDENDA:
Michelle is pretty good with that eating stuff, but I wish she would have left our POTUS' pitching style alone. "Bamster" is the name that a naming computer spit out after downloading all of our 44th President's various names and business experience. No doubt "W" would get spanked by the Bamster in hoops. But 43 played baseball in college. I am just as sure "W" would strike out the "Whammer"....I mean the Bamster.....with three pitches as Roy Hobbs did in "The Natural".
I think that was an EIB computer they used to do that Bamster thing.

I am not sure if it would really be fair for either one, if the "Whammer" or "Bamster" was to play a one-on-one basketball game, or a pitch vs hit baseball demonstration against Dubya, primarily due to both obvious age differences and relative experiences in either sport. However, these boards are NOT the place to discuss politically-charged subjects such as this, and as I was reminded by a couple of members last week, there are other areas of this forum that have been already set up to do just that, so I am not going to discuss or reply to this subject or anything similar to it any deeper or further.

 

[biggunsbob]

I don't think Jeter leaves 40 million on the table... He plays 2 more years i think..

 

[Mitchrapp]

NYY always have a chance to compete. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if they sign Fielder in the off season.

 

[batcave76]

Mitch[/color]]NYY always have a chance to compete. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if they sign Fielder in the off season.

They have Tex at 1st and may need to move ARod or Jeter to DH. Unless Prince wants to try his hand at catcher.

 

[batcave76]

I really don't understand this at all. Cano, Granderson, CC all had fine years and are still in their prime. Guys like Montero and Nova are showing some nice talent for the future. They have a great farm system and can spend unlimited money to gather talent. Their shortstop nearly had another .300 season. Obviously, Jeter is not the same player as 5-6 years ago, but he's hardly a drag.

This take makes no sense to me, especially in the middle of a playoff series that the Yankees can still win.

Every couple yrs the talk starts about how the Yanks may be running outta gas. They were in the running for Cliff Lee til the end. Add him to the staff and ???? They will be in the thick of it most every season....Just like the Red Wings.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Mitch[/color]]NYY always have a chance to compete. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if they sign Fielder in the off season.

They have Tex at 1st and may need to move ARod or Jeter to DH. Unless Prince wants to try his hand at catcher.

Neither is going to the DH in 2012.

 

[kalinecountry]

Jeter has a contract he isn't leaving, another 2 years and an option iirc?
if they ask him to move from short, he 'might' then walk away, but he is the most marketable yankee.
The DH talk, it would seem Arod is the logical choice imo, maybe in a couple of years.
posada dh'ed most of this year, so it is possible they would go after prince fielder. idk, but they need pitching, whether FA or a trade, and if and when cc opts out, they better hope he re-signs with them.

and sorry Charlie, but I don't like any politicians, most all of them are full of shyt, as much as you slide it in to some of your posts.

 

[jimrice]

I wouldn't be shocked to see A-rod DH a ton starting next year. His health has been crummy and his contract is still huge. DHing might squeeze some more life out of his bat.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Well IMO its easier to go get a DH, a good one, than move Arod to DH and go get a 3B.

 

[kalinesboy]

Ah, that was totally sports related stuff there KC. I will gladly refrain from ever mentioning the POTUS

....unless he throws out a pitch like that again of course. Meantime...thanks for your mod work.
You heard it here foist: NYY finish third in AL East in 2012. Teams transitioning to new leaders like those mentioned don't always re-gell that quick. It will be nice to see Grandy sitting on the sidelines come October....great guy ....but......a Yank. :'(
Yeah I redited out of total respect for the mods

 

[Mitchrapp]

Third or not they'll compete. So expect another 90 wins.