Award Voting Incenses Frustrated Blogger
lookoutlanding.com 23 days ago — As much as people love to debate the Cy Young and MVP results every year, the problem is that rarely can anyone be absolutely certain that their suggested pick is the right one. There are so many different ways of evaluating who was the best pitcher ...

Jeter’s Bunt
baseballprospectus.com 26 days ago — This isn’t from me, but from BP editorial intern Stephani Bee, an avowed Yankees fan: When Joe Buck and Tim McCarver agree that it was a bad play, it was indeed a bad play. (We’re still waiting on Chip Caray’s brilliantly ...

Pujols, Jeter winners of Aaron Award
mlb.mlb.com 24 days ago — It is the second time for both players, Jeter winning in 2006 and Pujols in '03. Jeter also was named this year's Roberto Clemente Award winner for his humanitarian contributions to Major League Baseball. Jeter was in attendance at the ceremony, ...

Should Jeter have bunted?
hardballtimes.com 25 days ago — It's a popular topic . Let's ignore the decision to bunt with two strikes - even Jeter admits that was a mistake - and look at the decision to start the PA bunting. So what's the most salient fact about Derek Jeter bunting? He reaches base safely a third of the time when he lays down a bunt ...

Enthusiasm For Derek Jeter Can Not Be Curbed
fackyouk.blogspot.com 23 days ago — I'm guessing that everyone reading this blog was watching the World Series last night, but there was an interesting discussion about Derek Jeter taking place on another channel sometime between 9 and 9:30. And unlike the last time we talked about a baseball player in conjunction with a TV show ...

Joe Buck Hates The Yankees
fackyouk.blogspot.com 30 days ago — Good morning, Fackers. How many times have you heard someone say something similar to that headline? I've heard it a lot. Why do people think that announcers hate their team? Why Buck specifically? First, I think it goes without saying that Buck is infinitely more competent than Chip Caray. ...

Jeter, GG, UZR, WAR, and the MVP
nybaseballdigest.com 15 days ago — It was a terrible day for advanced metrics as the AL Gold Glove winners were announced. Two Yankees, Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter took home much deserved hardware. Jeter is an interesting case because this year he debunked historical trends and performed well defensively both on the field and ...

It's time we gave Derek Jeter the credit he deserves
stupidsportsblog.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — During these playoffs, I have swallowed a sickening amount of Derek Jeter. I could go back and delete that sentence so it doesn't sound like I want to marry him in Massachusetts, but I'm trying to drive my point home here. Against the Minnesota Twins in the ALDS, Nick Punto was gunned down at ...

Game Diary: WS Game 5, Yankees-Phillies
mlbnotebook.com 23 days ago — Well well well, ladies and gents. Just when you thought this series was over, the Philly bullpen did everything it could to prove you right! Unfortunately for them -and, apparently, their bookies - Chase Utley had other ideas, as went deep sauce twice to help propel the Phillies to a ...

No Enthusiasm Curbed for Derek Jeter
fangraphs.com 23 days ago — UZR and like minded fielding statistics were almost mentioned by name on tonight’s Curb Your Enthusiasm when Larry David got into a fight with a stonemason about whether or not Derek Jeter sucks. Here’s a transcript of the phone ...

TV Sports: Some Fans See Enemies Behind Every Microphone — NYT > Baseball 23 days ago
The Web has made it easy for fans to accuse TV announcers of rooting against their team, but the practice is anything but new.

Raissman: Fox banks in on extended Series — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 23 days ago
In the first inning of last night's Game 5, Buck said: "This Phillies team needs a jolt." So did the Foxies. Joe Buck's employers were happier than Phillies fans at the end of Game 5. For the first time since 2003, the World Series would go to a ...

Utley, Lee help Phils stave off Series elimination — Examiner Sports 23 days ago
By the ninth inning, Phillies fans were preparing for the worst. The New York Yankees were at it again, chipping away at a dwindling lead and threatening to take away the Phils' World Series title right there at Citizens Bank Park. Desperate to hang ...

Derek's DP in 9th squashes Yankees' comeback bid — NY Post: Sports 23 days ago
PHILADELPHA -- Derek Jeter occasionally wears postseason goat horns, too. Last night the Yankees captain had a chance to embellish his November legacy -- he is, after all, the original Mr. November -- but couldn't produce in the ninth inning. Jete...

Playoff staple Jeter anchors Yankees — Major League Baseball News 22 days ago
Seeing Derek Jeter playing shortstop and getting big hits for the Yankees is as much an October ritual as the end of daylight saving time or Halloween.