2014 All Star Gameday Thread

[2002_halos_II]

I am on a plane traveling.  Just curious what kind of car Trout won?

Autographed corvette

[laagamer]

Some perspective:

 

Derek Jeter's career OPS: .822

 

289th place all-time

 

Herpes > Jeter

[2002_halos_II]

And now they're analyzing Jeter's 1st-inning double to death..."inside-out swing"..."vintage Jeter"..."had a tear in my eye"...

 

Not a word about Trout's two hits that put the AL ahead each time.

I thought jeets hit a dbl but someone corrected me.

[stormngt]

Autographed corvette

Let me guess.  An autograph by Jeter?

[Guest]

Autographed corvette

is it Derek Jeter autographed? I don't know if anyone here knows this but apparently Trout used to have a Derek Jeter poster in his bedroom as a kid. Now that trout is the new Jeter I'm sure he'd love to have Jeter's autograph on a car.

[nando714]

No mention of Tony Gwynn. Don Zimmer

[fan_since79]

No mention of Tony Gwynn. Don Zimmer

 

Terrible omission there.

[The Dude]

Some perspective:

 

Derek Jeter's career OPS: .822

 

289th place all-time

For real, two seasons of his 20 with an OPS at or above .900, you'd think he was the greatest hitter of all time the way the've been going on about him. He wasn't even a great fielder. Its annoying.

[fan_since79]

Jeter hit a lot of singles and a good number of doubles, and scored a lot of runs driven in by the good Yankee hitters behind him in the lineup.

 

That being said, he was a very good postseason hitter, and came through in the clutch. I'll give him that.

[SoCALkid]

No mention of Tony Gwynn. Don Zimmer

They did that yesterday during the hr Derby....

[2002_halos_II]

 

[Guest]

Jeter hit a lot of singles and a good number of doubles, and scored a lot of runs driven in by the good Yankee hitters behind him in the lineup.

 

That being said, he was a very good postseason hitter, and came through in the clutch. I'll give him that.

[/obligatory]

Edited July 16, 2014 by ScottLux

[ukyah]

No mention of Tony Gwynn. Don Zimmer

 

 

Terrible omission there.

 

 

agreed. it wouldn't have killed them, so to speak.

[Hollyw00d]

I'm listening to my music app on my phone and MT's walk up song comes on, so perfect!!!

[ukyah]

also, man you guys bitch about jeter a lot. the guy was a great player and a HOF'er. sure he gets some accolades that he doesn't deserve, but that's only because of all the other incredible stuff he did.

 

pay respect to a HOF'er on his way out, the same way they should have done for gwynn, zimmer and fregosi tonight. it would have taken virtually no time at all.

Edited July 16, 2014 by ukyah

[Hollyw00d]

Some perspective:

 

Derek Jeter's career OPS: .822

 

289th place all-time

yeah but compare that to SS and he is pretty high up the list. Top 3

[Hollyw00d]

Look no one is saying Jeter hasn't had a great career. He has, no doubt. But the media and fans treat him like he is Lou gehrig. He is not that. He is one of the better players of all time, but not THE best. And its not like he won those rings by himself.

put Jeter in a twins uniform for his career, and there is not nearly as much fanfare

[ten ocho recon scout]

With all this Jeter love I need a gift basket.

but are you ready to earn one?

[Cdaniel]

Detroit fans are going off on how Miggy should have won the MVP award not Trout. So funny. It's on ESPN.