Derek Jeter

[ThinkingWithMyDeac]

I guess you didn't read the Grantland article yesterday about playoff myths. No evidence that "hot teams" do better in the playoffs and no evidence pitching wins championships.

It would have been nice to get the play in game winner just because they would have to waste a start in that game. But I can't fault Buck for trying to get everyone rested and healthy.

You have no idea what pandoras box you just opened by bringing statistical logic here.

 

[TownieDeac]

Dance, dance, dance....being a terrible pitch is a grossly different than being a grooved pitch.

But nice attempt to dance away from your other position.

i'm not dancing

my stance is that he grooved it

and now i'm saying regardless of whether or not he did, it was a garbage pitch

 

[ThinkingWithMyDeac]

i'm not dancing

my stance is that he grooved it

and now i'm saying regardless of whether or not he did, it was a garbage pitch

You're a monkey, dance monkey dance.

 

[Ralph Medlin]

Edited:

Was that Jeter's sister with his family at the game?

 

[TexasDeac71]

Believe it was his GF.....

 

[Ayo]

Believe it was his GF.....

 

[bmoneydeac]

That girl must love eating ass.

 

[RJKarl]

Edited:

Was that Jeter's sister with his family at the game?

His sister and his nephew were with his parents.

 

[bojanglefunk]

Now that he is retired I think Timmy d might be the next beloved great to go and might be the last for a while of their stature.

 

[buckets]

Kobe

 

[RJKarl]

Kobe is not beloved. He's respected but not loved.

 

[Deacfreak07]

Now that he is retired I think Timmy d might be the next beloved great to go and might be the last for a while of their stature.

Tim isn't really beloved. I think everyone respects him. I also think he will just retire rather than announce his victory lap. I imagine he would absolutely hate the attention of a farewell tour like Jetes. The next basketball player we will likely see do something like this is probably Lebron.

 

[VaDeac]

If Tim could retire without even a press conference, he would.
I'd say he'd announce his retirement on Twitter and be done with it , but he doesn't tweet either.

 

[DeaconBrews]

tim will just stop showing up to practice and people will start seeing him at comiccon and D&D tournaments

 

[Deacfreak07]

If Tim could retire without even a press conference, he would.
I'd say he'd announce his retirement on Twitter and be done with it , but he doesn't tweet either.

He'll just either have the Spurs announce it, casually mention it in an interview, or just stop showing up.

 

[Deacfreak07]

tim will just stop showing up and people will start seeing him at comiccon and D&D tournaments

He'll be unrecognizable in his TREEBEARD costume.

 

[DeaconBrews]

He'll be unrecognizable in his TREEBEARD costume.

[Phone Rings]
Hello I am Tim Dun-...Theodore. Tim Theodore. Would you like a tax consultant? I'll do it pro bono, I just love talkin' taxes!

 

[Deacfreak07]

[Phone Rings]
Hello I am Tim Dun-...Theodore. Tim Theodore. Would you like a tax consultant? I'll do it pro bono, I just love talkin' taxes!

I hope the onion publishes a coffee table book with all their articles on Timmy.

 

[CheesePritchard]

I don't give a damn about Grantland. I don't want face a team that has three Cy Young winners, last year's top ERA, and another guy with 15 wins and a 3.31 ERA. Add to that a lineup that scores a ton of runs and has been a perennial playoff team.

Right you'd rather play a team like that than either of two teams that are limping into the playoffs and will have used their aces to get to face your team.

It's total crap that a team would groove a pitch and dramatically lower its chances to get to the World Series.

Tigers have not won the division yet.

 

[RJKarl]

Tigers have not won the division yet.

If your playoff position isn't set, you don't groove a pitch to lose a game.