Jetah Fevah

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

"Grade 1 calf strain" certain to drag out the overwrought "Quest for 3000" storyline and inject it with plenty of stories about how the captain's pureness and lack of steroids and determination and grit will carry him through, even if it will delay the inevitable, he will not be denied!

With that in mind, choose which pitcher surrenders Jeter's 300th hit. Winner gets to be honorary Captian of the CPF.

[Ceetar]

James Russell

[Guest themetfairy]

It seems like a Pelfrey kind of a thing to do....

[G-Fafif]

Bobby Jones. First pitch of the game.

Fuck, I hate Jeter.

[metirish]

Twitter full of " it must have been bad for Jeter to take himself form the game"...Klap and those fools never learn.

Manny Acosta

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

It won't drag things out THAT long. (Plus, he won't want to do it in the icky, icky shadow of the Iron Triangle.)

Colorado, 6/24 or 6/25, ducksnort off Matt Lidstrom.

[Ceetar]

Craig Carton really hopes Jon Sterling screws up the call.

and now I do too.

[dgwphotography]

Ceetar wrote: Craig Carton really hopes Jon Sterling screws up the call. and now I do too.

I can just picture Sterling in his darkened hotel room going practicing his little speech when Captain Intangibles gets his 3000th.

My hope is that it will be a swinging bunt that is muffed by the third baseman that isn't called a hit until official scorer reviews it, and changes the scoring a few innings later...

But reality being what it is, we all know that this injury will just insure that it's going to be a game-winning HR against KRod...

[dgwphotography]

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[Met Hunter]

I was kinda hoping his injury was a career ender. Then he can come back in a few years like Bernie Mac and get the hit off a 40 year old Sabathia.

[Ceetar]

Most of Jeter's comments in this golden calf press conference would be a lot more enlightening if you appended the silent "I'm Derek Fucking Jeter" after them.

[Frayed Knot]

Latest word has him sitting for at least a week although no DL decision made as of yet.
Shit, you might as well go ahead and DL him, it's not like the replacement guy is going to drag the offense down or anything.

[HahnSolo]

If he were a Met you know you wouldn't see him until August 20th. But I'm sure he'll recover miraculously for their next homestand with no DL stint.

[Guest Edgy DC]

This may not be an attempt to ensure that hit 3K occurs most advantageously at home, but it's hard not to think of it as such.

[ashie62]

None of the above. Captain Crutch is on the DL.

[G-Fafif]

Comes off 6/28, they're in 7/1, 7/2, 73...oh yeah, we're fucked.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Comes off 6/28, they're in 7/1, 7/2, 73...oh yeah, we're fucked.

woah there, earliest he can come off is 6/28. Personally I'd be surprised if he does. And if he does, rust plus sucking already plus tentative on the calf? he'll still need 6 when he leaves Flushing.

[G-Fafif]

Yeah, we're fucked.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Dang it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Is any writer going to have the guts to suggest that this injury is maybe a sham? Have any thus far?

[Frayed Knot]

Jee-tah* has had 68 hits this year in the Yanx 64 games -- point being that even if he comes off the DL at first opportunity (realizing of course that Jeter's recuperative powers allow him to do the 15-Day DL in 8 just days) and jumps right back into things, 6 hits in 3 games is hardly a slam dunk.





* and, btw, since when is that considered proper pronunciation?

[Fman99]

Edgy DC wrote: Is any writer going to have the guts to suggest that this injury is maybe a sham? Have any thus far?

Can I count as a writer here?

This is a bullshit injury. He realized he wasn't going to get to 3k at home so he went on the Douche List. He can't get the milestone hit unless the animated zombie corpse of Bob Sheppard announces him first, in between bites of delicious brains served on a hoagie roll with A1 and marinated onions.

[ashie62]

And so tas-tee too!

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: Jee-tah* has had 68 hits this year in the Yanx 64 games -- point being that even if he comes off the DL at first opportunity (realizing of course that Jeter's recuperative powers allow him to do the 15-Day DL in 8 just days) and jumps right back into things, 6 hits in 3 games is hardly a slam dunk.

Oh wait, we're not the first three games back but rather games 4, 5, & 6.
Never mind then.

[MFS62]

Here's the scenario for the hit, as I posted it in another thread. This seems to be a better place for it.

Yanks down by a run, bottom of the ninth. Runners on first and third, two out, Jeter up. He hits a ball to the right side that hits the runner between first and second. The runner is called out, but, by rule he is credited with his 3,000th hit. Game over. Yankees lose! Yankees Lose! And the 3,000th hit is tainted (it wasn't a clean hit). Forever.

If it happens it should be "awarded" to the official scorer and not held against any pitcher.
Later

[Ceetar]

MFS62 wrote: Here's the scenario for the hit, as I posted it in another thread. This seems to be a better place for it. Yanks down by a run, bottom of the ninth. Runners on first and third, two out, Jeter up. He hits a ball to the right side that hits the runner between first and second. The runner is called out, but, by rule he is credited with his 3,000th hit. Game over. Yankees lose! Yankees Lose! And the 3,000th hit is tainted (it wasn't a clean hit). Forever. If it happens it should be "awarded" to the official scorer and not held against any pitcher. Later

John Sterling: "It's 3-2 Mets. Martin is on third, and Gardner on first. There are two men out in the bottom of the 9th. Here's the pitch from K-Rod to Jeter, who needs just one hit to 3000, and oh what a time for that hit right now. He swings, and it's hit hard to the right on a couple of bounces! Turner, err Tejada fields and he just holds on to it! No throw! Jeter really busted it down the line and Tejada must've felt like he didn't have a chance. #3000 for the Captain ties the game! El Capi....wait, they're coming off the field? Now they're saying it hit Gardner and he's out!

Suzyn: "Yeah John, it hit off his back leg as he was running to second. The runner is out but the hit counts. What a way to do it."

John: "Oh. Ballgame over. Mets win, sweeping the Yankees at home."

[Met Hunter]

What makes me think this is happening is that I just remembered Rivera got his 500th save at CitiField.

[Fman99]

Ceetar wrote: John Sterling: "It's 3-2 Mets. Martin is on third, and Gardner on first. There are two men out in the bottom of the 9th. Here's the pitch from K-Rod to Jeter, who needs just one hit to 3000, and oh what a time for that hit right now. He swings, and it's hit hard to the right on a couple of bounces! Turner, err Tejada fields and he just holds on to it! No throw! Jeter really busted it down the line and Tejada must've felt like he didn't have a chance. #3000 for the Captain ties the game! El Capi....wait, they're coming off the field? Now they're saying it hit Gardner and he's out! Suzyn: "Yeah John, it hit off his back leg as he was running to second. The runner is out but the hit counts. What a way to do it." John: "Oh. Ballgame over. Mets win, sweeping the Yankees at home."

Reading this gave me a boner.

[Frayed Knot]

btw, replacement SS Eduardo Nunez tied Jeter in HRs last night when he hit his 2nd
Jeets still holds the XBH lead 12 to 5 and has more than double! the RBIs (20-9) - although we should probably point out the slight 293 to 70 (4.2x) edge in plate appearances.

[MFS62]

I just realized that this thread makes the threads around it better.

Later