nypost.com - 2/4/2009
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Derek Jeter spoke to SI.com yesterday and fully backed teammate Alex Rodriguez, who has taken more heat since it was revealed in Joe Torre's new book that the third baseman was nicknamed "A-Fraud" by teammates. "We've been down this road before...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 2/4/2009
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SI.com's Jimmy Traina spoke with Yankees shortstop Derek
Jeter late Tuesday from the Gillette-EA SPORTS Champions of...
Gaming Global Finals. This is Traina's third attempt at harassing Jeter about his relationship with Friday Night Lights star Minka Kelly.
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Jimmy Traina: Derek Jeter talks about Alex Rodriguez, ...
bugsandcranks.com - 2/5/2009
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Baseball Prospectus has offered a compelling case for
why the New York Yankees should move Derek Jeter...
to center field and sign Orlando Cabrera to play shortstop. I think it’s a tremendous idea. I also know it isn’t going to happen. Jeter simply won't allow it.
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Jeter to CF? A great idea that won't happen
insider.espn.go.com - 2/3/2009
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One area in which the present really shouldn't
compare poorly with the past is in legend-making. How...
the story gets told might be different, but we still have heroes on the diamond whose reputations transcend what they do and how well they do it. ...
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MLB - Baseball Prospectus - Derek Jeter should be ...
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No money for Manny? We can only hope
Bugs & Cranks —
... a saint compared to Barry Bonds. Just don’t let him wind up in the Bronx.
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Derek Jeter has spoken out in support of Rodriguez.
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The Hardball Times —
... who believe that Jeter needs to step up and defend his emotionally-stunted teammate from the attacks of their former boss. I see the point -- and apparently so too does Jeter -- but it's gotta be hard for him being in the middle of a dustup between a manager with whom he is close and the New York press. Unless of course he was one of the guys screaming "A-Fraud, in which case I don't care. ...
Quick Hits on the Torre Book
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... what people, including former and current Yankees, are saying.
Bernie and Damon still love Torre.
Davidoff of Newsday thinks the “hoopla” will soon pass.
Cashman has “no comment”.
Tom Verducci, who collaborated on the book with Torre, offers up his reasoning for writing the book.
Despite what was written in the book about A-Rod, both Jeter and Damon stand behind their teammate.
Kernan thinks Torre ...
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