Very Classy

I think we can take away something better than a Duncan faux pas from this amazing series!

Comments

[Nick-YF]

So I didn't get to watch the whole game last night. Instead, I started around the 6th inning, and Schilling was looking efficient and good as ever.

This at bat was the highlight of the season for me. It had it all. Jeter smirkingly repeatedly. Varitek and Schilling conferencing every 2 seconds (seriously, this seemed to be a case of over-thinking on their part) and that beautiful shot. When he hit it, my brother and I did the Jeter fist pump and smiled from ear-to-ear.

Fantastic. His legend only grows.

[Nick-YF]

smirkingly. I like that word!

[Devine]

F*** that dude.

No offense.

[Paul SF]

I was more impressed by his ability to turn a routine soft liner into a "Gold Glove" worthy grab, myself.

[IronHorse (yf)]

The guy is batting just a little under .500 with 2 outs and men in scoring position and it's not because of a small sample size. I still find that hard to believe.

[AndrewYF]

Derek Jeter - Red Sox killer.

He also kills the Mets. 6 of his 10 homeruns have come against the Red Sox, and two have come against the Mets. Could this guy be any truer of a Yankee?

[Paul SF]

He does wear the Yankee uniform, unlike not-so-true Yankees like A-Rod, so that's definitely a good start.

[DAW]

"He does wear the Yankee uniform, unlike not-so-true Yankees like A-Rod"

Is Arod going around in his skivvies again?

Seriously, Paul, stop trolling here...

[AndrewYF]

Does A-Rod not wear the Yankee uniform?

Seriously, if A-Rod goes elsewhere this season, MLB should just make him up his own "Team A-Rod" uniform.

[attackgerbil]

IH's mention about 2-outs, RISP made me curious, so off to B-R to get his splits.

Split   G   AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI GDP  BA  OBP  SLG 

RISP    97 133  48  5  0  3  57   5 .361 .438 .466    

---    141 331 103 21  2  7   7   0 .311 .379 .450    

Men On 128 256  82 11  1  4  60  21 .320 .394 .418    

1--     95 123  34  6  1  1   3  16 .276 .346 .366    

-2-     47  50  18  3  0  2  14   0 .360 .429 .540    

--3     16  12   5  0  0  0   7   0 .417 .500 .417    

12-     30  30   7  0  0  0   4   2 .233 .281 .233    

1-3     20  18   7  1  0  0  11   1 .389 .450 .444    

-23     17  12   5  0  0  1   9   0 .417 .588 .667    

123     12  11   6  1  0  0  12   2 .545 .583 .636


2 outs, RISP  

        52  59  26  3  0  2  32   0 .441 .500 .593

[IronHorse (yf)]

Thanks AG. I remain in awe.

Out of curiousty, what are Ortiz's? (I realize you might not have time to run stats all day - I just don't know how to run situational stats, like with RISP and 2 outs)

I am sure they are also scary.

[attackgerbil]

IH: You're right, his numbers are indeed scary. To get them, it's easy.

1. Go to baseball-reference.com

2. Search for the player you want.

3. From the batting line header, choose splits > whatever year or career.

4. Cut out numbers that make your argument look bad and only post the ones that make your case.

5. Turn off your web browser before b-r sucks all the productivity out of your day.

Ortiz's splits:

Split   G   AB H  2B 3B HR RBI GDP  BA  OBP   SLG  

RISP   106 142 49 12  1  8  70   5 .345 .470  .613       

---    135 246 73 19  0 16  16   0 .297 .418  .569       

Men On 128 263 92 27  1 15  90  16 .350 .460  .631       

1--     95 121 43 15  0  7  20  11 .355 .447  .653       

-2-     57  47 16  2  1  3  14   0 .340 .530  .617       

--3     18  14  7  2  0  2  10   0 .500 .667 1.071       

12-     40  45 13  2  0  2  15   5 .289 .373  .467       

1-3     12  12  4  2  0  0   8   0 .333 .308  .500       

-23     15  10  4  2  0  0   9   0 .400 .467  .600       

123     15  14  5  2  0  1  14   0 .357 .400  .714


2 outs, RISP

        58  56 17  4  0  3  23   0 .304 .451  .536

[attackgerbil]

Oops.. I pulled a Duncan -- should have said, "before b-r draws all productivity down a swirling vortex with the force of an F15-powered shop-vac."

[Yankee Fan In Boston]

nice, ag.

[IronHorse (yf)]

Thanks AG - both on how to use B-R and on how to avoid using it...

I see jeter has better BA, OBP, and (surprisingly) SLG than Ortiz in these situations. Smiles.

[DAW]

"Cut out numbers that make your argument look bad and only post the ones that make your case."

Hilarious!

[Paul SF]

Seriously, I just can't stand the "true Yankee" crap. Yankees are Yankees. Jeter is a highly productive, highly clutch one who is rightly more revered than others, but he's not any truer a Yankee than any other Yankee.

[DAW]

"Seriously, I just can't stand the "true Yankee" crap"

Of course you can't stand it - you're a red sox fan!

[AndrewYF]

Paul - I was being slightly facetious.

[rz-yf]

This is a month old, but it still rings true

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/fucking_yankees_reports_nation

[rz-yf]

Love it

[DAW]

rz-yf, that's really funny.

[AndrewYF]

"And Jeter…" Killian added, ... "Fucking Jeter."