Who is the Greatest Yankee?

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article, "Who is the Greatest Yankee"? (positional players only) For starters, I didn't know the Wall Street Journal had a sports section. Anyway, the first two selections are obvious: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. At number three is Joe DiMaggio. That's open to much debate, but the most unusual choice was at number four. The WSJ selected Derek Jeter as the fourth "Greatest Yankee." Jeter? Number four? Clearly I don't understand this pick. What about Yogi? Heck, what about THE MICK? For the record, Berra is number five and Mantle is six. I'm not going to break out a bunch of stats that support my argument. I'm just not in the mood. But the primary criteria for a player's worth comes down to runs. Runs created. And unless I'm mistaken, Mickey Mantle created more runs than Derek Jeter. I know, Jeter has more time on the clock. Who knows? Maybe I'm wrong. After all, you can massage the numbers to fit your particular point of view. Make no mistake, Jeter is an all-time great Yankee. He's a first ballot Hall of Famer. I just don't put him in the same category as Mantle. Maybe I've watched too many Mantle "Yankeeography's." Maybe I've been influenced by all the sappy tributes that have been paid to Mantle over the years. Whatever the reason, I can't take this particular singles hitter (Jeter) over this particular power hitter (Mantle). I don't even see how you can make the argument.

NFL Draft

when did the NFL commissioner get all touchy-feely on us?

racism in baseball?

is there racism in baseball? twins infielder Orlando Hudson thinks so. he told Yahoo! that racism might be a factor in the case of Jermaine Dye. Dye, an African American, hit 27 home runs last year, but he remains unsigned in 2010. now, there are plenty of teams that would like a player who can hit 27 home runs, but what hudson left out, is that Dye batted .179 in the second half of 2009. Dye is in rapid decline. he's 36 years old with a slow bat. according to baseball prospectus, Dye "often looked like the guy at work who never gets enough sleep." i'm guessing that some team will take a flier on Dye. baseball would love to have more African-American participation. less than 10% of major league players are African-American. racism is not the issue in the case of Jermain Dye. it's just a case of a guy whose career is swiftly on the downside. Orlando Hudson take note.

i know this is sacrilegious, but i have no interest in the I-Pad. i'm having enough problems with my phone and my computer. do i really need this thing? as you can see, this blog is not confined to just sports. db.

Welcome to My Blog

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