bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 27 days ago
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Derek Jeter, who tried to bunt with two strikes on him in the seventh, called his decision to do so "stupid."
stylepointsblog.com - 27 days ago
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Captain and surefire Hall-of-Famer Derek Jeter isn’t prepared to...
rest on his laurels. Not after ten All-Star seasons, three Silver Slugger Awards, a World Series MVP, a Rookie of the Year award and three Gold Gloves. Not even after four ...
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Derek Jeter Unsatisfied With Legacy; Refuses To Rest ...
fangraphs.com - 27 days ago
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Over the last 10 years or so, one
of the truisms that has been associated with statistical...
analysis is that bunting is bad. And it’s mostly true – a lot of sacrifice bunting is unproductive and wasteful, and teams would be be better off ...
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Defending The Jeter Bunt
yankees.lhblogs.com - 28 days ago
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YANKEES Lineup TBA Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (0-0,
4.42 ERA in postseason) PHILLIES Lineup TBA Pitching: RHP...
Pedro Martinez (0-0, 0.00 ERA in postseason) TIME/TV: 7:57 p.m., FOX WEATHER: Looking good. Maybe some clouds and there will ...
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World Series Game 2: Phillies at Yankees
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Pinstripe Alley —
... stadium. It's like the beginning of a Springsteen concert. Here we go! This is going to be great! You rock!
But with Rivera -- even if he does enter to the strains of Metallica's Enter Sandman -- the feeling is different. It's more like the feeling of a superhero arriving on the scene. Thank God you're here, Superman! In New York, the game is won when Rivera steps on the mound. The rest is performance.
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Jeter Says His Bunt Attempt Was ‘Stupid’ Decision
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It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
... the count? Or was it "I'm DJ and I can do what I damn well please"
Damon hits a screamer to Howard, who short hops it, but it’s called a catch, then doubles Posada off. Terrible call.
That bunt attempt by Jeter will be discuss extensively if the Yanks lose this one. And even if they don’t. It’s so rare that we have to discuss a Jeter mental error.
UPDATE: Jeter admits his bunt attempt was a "stupid" decision. Yep, sure was.
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World Series Game 2: Phillies 1, Yankees 3
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
... Derek Jeter’s “Bunt”: How many times do we see Jeter do something that just leaves you confused? His decision to bunt with two strikes and no outs in the seventh left me scratching my head. Even he admitted it was a stupid move. ...
All's Well That Ends Well
Fack Youk —
... spot with a hitter as good as Jeter at the plate is a bad decision. Bunting with two strikes - where the most likely scenario is giving away an out to move the runners over and the second most likely one is to bunt foul and give away an out for nothing - is inexcusable. Jeter would have to have gotten that bunt down something like 80 or 90% of the time (which is clearly much higher than even the best bunter's success rate) for that to be a defensible play. He admitted that it was a "stupid decision" during the postgame press conference but had the luxury of a win to cover up ...
What was Jeter thinking with that bunt anyway?
Circling The Bases —
[image] Like the bad calls mentioned earlier, Jeter's bunt attempt with two strikes on him in the seventh ended up not making a difference, but my mouth was agape when he tried to lay it down all the same. What were you thinking, Derek ? Did Girardi actually give you the bunt sign with two strikes and a rally brewing? "That was me. That was stupid. I had the bunt early on and it was taken off, but I thought I would try to do it. It was dumb for me to try and do it with two strikes." I suppose you can go one of two ways with this: believe that Jeter thinks he's invincible and ...
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Angels blog —
• Hey, I’m not saying it should keep him out of the Hall of Fame or anything, but was Derek Jeter’s bunt attempt — with two on, nobody out, an MVP-quality hitter up, a two-run lead and two strikes on him ! — one of the dumbest things you’ve ever seen on a baseball field? Not sure even he’d argue with that description. “That was me,” Jeter said. “ That was stupid .” • Chuck Norris ...
Derek Jeter Actually Made A Stupid Decision?????
No Guts, No Glory —
... it with two strikes," he said.
Man, this just can't be right. Derek Jeter doesn't make stupid decisions. There has to be an explanation. Someone needs to clean this up. Paging Joe Girardi.
"Derek Jeter is a very smart baseball man," Girardi said. "If he feels he can do the job in that situation, I’m not going to bark at him. He felt he could get it done, and he didn’t get it done."
Ok, I feel much better now. Don't you?
Jeter Says His Bunt Attempt Was 'Stupid' Decision (The New York ...
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ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... to bunt with two strikes and he's happy to admit that . But was it also dumb for Jeter to be bunting in the first place? I sure thought so. But Dave Cameron says that with ...
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Derek Jeter Actually Made A Stupid Decision?????
ngngsports.com 27 days ago —
Naw man. I aint saying he made a stupid decision. This is all coming from the "clutch", "great", "awesome", "Mr. Yankee" himself.
"That was me," Jeter said. "That was stupid."
"I had the bunt early on and it was taken off, but I thought I ...
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