September 3rd 2014

September 3rd 2014 --------

Yankees and Derek Jeter. Here is a team that I love to hate who is in a race for a playoff spot who cannot seem to get the fact that Derek Jeter is way over the hill. 11 for his last 55. .230 OBP? Cannot cover his position anymore. Yet they continue to bat him 2nd and play him at short. They put one of the best fielding SS's in baseball at 2nd (Steven Drew) rather than move Jeter to a spot that
More suits his limited range. Image and making Jeter's last season is more important to Girardi than winning. Last night he hits three ground balls that don't leave the infield and a pop fly to short right. He is NOW a bad ball player hurting a team trying
to make the playoffs. They moved Mickey to first but
Cannot seem
To
Do
The same with Jeter. How times have changed. No
October this year Yankee fans. And before I get the "27 titles" from my bald brother Leo McGorry I
Will say one this century (vs 3 in 9 for Red Sox). Go (home) Yanks and take "the Captain" with you. A real captain worries more about his team and less about the farewell tour.