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Oh it will be fun to watch the two prima dona statues playing on the left side of the Yankees' infield and hating each other the whole time. Hey someone sig this^

This game could end with the Yankees pitching a position player. The ump just gave the Yankees a DP when Snider was clearly safe at 1B.

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Let's not diminish the fact that he is a Yankee by likening him to mere racist puppy haters.

Powered with HGH no doubt.

I think they will go into a slump, unlike when Jeter was out. When Jeter was out, they played their best ball of the season.

Teams should bunt on Colon. He can't move around of the mound well at all.

The throw to the plate by Gardner looked weak and off line, but the metrics say otherwise.

I think Colon may have pulled his fat covering first base.

I didn't look for reasons to rip him. My initial post said that I was glad to hear him getting ripped on the radio in NY for missing the All Star game. It makes me happy to hear him get ripped in NY after so many years that the media had his balls in their mouths. Hatred of the Yankees is not irrational. You are way off base with that.

My eyes tell me that Gardner butchered that ball into a double, but the metrics say otherwise.

He didn't rush the mound at all. The first incident he yelled at him and took a step out in front of the plate. In the second incident, Gregg had left the mound, which is when he got ejected.

It ain't anywhere near the FMV of the ball. Plus none of it cost the Yankees anything. It's like free airline tickets for airline employees. They get them if the seats are empty, i.e no cost to the employer. There is also talk that he will be taxed on the value of these items. What a kick in the balls. The bottom line is that the selfish prick jeter didn't put his hand in his pocket for anything. Shame on him. At least pay the tax for the guy.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2011/07/mlb_suspends_or.html I think Ortiz should appeal to try to get this reduced.

An excellent observation.

Theo, Get your checkbook and go get Beltran. If you use the John Henry's jet, you can probably wrap the deal up in 3 hours door to door.

With 78 hits half way into the season, I am not so sure. His decline has been on a steep trajectory the last two seasons. There is no guarantee that he has two years left in him. Look at Robbie Alomar's last two seasons. He aged in dog years at the end.

Oh Emmz, I didn't characterize him as classless. I said that he had done nothing for me to believe that he had any more class than any other player. I do stand by my statement that taking the ball from the fan was a "weak classless act". It is my opinion, based on his public actions, that he is a thin-skinned narcissist. I don't think that is too harsh. It's not like I called him a racist 30 years after he died,and I did say that it was just my opinion. I realize that DJ will probably never have dinner with me if he reads my post, but I'll have to take that risk. As for the All Star game, I think his excuse for not going was really weak. The fans had elected him based almost entirely on sentiment. He should have had enough class to show up and acknowledge the sentiment. It is a showcase for the fans and ultimately he owes everything he has achieved to the fans.

Bingo. You hit the nail on the head. I always realized it was phony BS, but I didn't realize the motivation for it. That need to condescend extends beyond the fans into the NY Press. Michael Kay has stated publicly that he got physically ill watching the 2004 Red Sox celebrate at Yankee Stadium, because of their long hair and beards. I guess they just weren't classy enough for him. Members of the Yankee organization wanted to turn out the lights on the celebration. The Boss refused to do so, because he said that they had earned the right to celebrate. He ordered them to leave the lights on until the last player left the field. That was a classy move.

The Derek Jeter has class stuff makes me laugh. I guess never saying anything remotely interesting or controversial and spouting one hackneyed cliche after another equates to class for lots of people. Maybe its because he doesn't spit like Garza, launch nose rockets like Boomer Wells, or lick himself like Mike Pelfrey. None of this equates to class for me. I have been saying that he is a me first prima dona for many years. He has never been able to take the slightest of criticisms or slights, and up until the last year or two he has been followed by a fawning press that has sucked his cock. When ARod gave an interview when he was with the Rangers and he said that when you play the Yankees you are more concerned with getting Tino and O'Neill out than Jeter, Jeter cut him off for good despite ARod's apologies. When the Yankees negotiated with Jeter in the press this offseason, again the precious one was tremendously offended, and the stupid Yankees overpaid him tremendously. Despite an unwarranted contract, Jeter was still upset. I was happy to hear one radio station skewer Jeter for being a narcissistic punk yesterday. The program is a national show. I heard it in NY. They were all over for Jeter for two reasons. The first reason was for his pussified excuse for not going to the All Star game. He's not on the DL. He claimed to be emotionally and physically exhausted from his quest for 3,000 hits. He was so exhausted that he couldn't make the trip to tip his cap to the fans that elected him as a starter. I remember when Ortiz went to an All Star game when he was injured. Manny made up a bull s*** excuse at the time. Ortiz told the press that he told Manny that he had to show some love to the fans. That's class. Staying home to nurse your exhausted psyche is pussy crap. (Sorry for my choice of word-- no offense to women intended). Speaking of disregarding the fans, the other thing that he got skewered for by that radio show was accepting the ball from the fan who caught it. Most ball players don't have their memorabilia on display in their homes. Paul O'Neil jokes that he thinks his silver slugger for his batting championship is under a couch in his basement. They don't need memorabilia. They lived it. That ball represented a lottery of sorts to the every day Joe Fan that caught it. Jeter took this thing of great monetary value (estimates put it at $500k) and gave the fan nothing in return except for some autographed stuff. The Yankees had to step up to provide some value in the form of tickets etc. I agree with the people on that radio show-- taking the ball was a weak classless act of a narcissist. Many of you may not agree with me, but that's my opinion. He has no more class than any other player. Was he a great player? Yes, and I say was, because he no longer is a great player. Is he a Hall of Fame player? Yes without question. But the "classy" description. .. ? I'm not buying. BTW-- I don't think he gets to the top 10 in all time hits. Looking at his performance for the last two seasons, I think he is very close to the end.