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Originally Posted by BMW
But my "dislike" of Jeter is in one form. Damn, whenever the Yankees came up in the trailing in the late inning of a playoff game - there came Derek Jeter. And I swear that 90% of the time after his time at bat, he was on base to give the Yanks hope for a rally. Stressful times every time!
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That's why he is in the Hall of Fame.
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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
I try not to hate any individual. And the reason I don't like Jeter pre-Marlins has very little to do with anything he did. First, he is a Yankee. So he had little hope to begin with as far as I was concerned. Then, it is the media hype. The media pouring the love on someone to the extreme makes me not like them. Brett Favre is someone else I began to root against because of the media. Being a life long Tar Heels fan, I alwaus pulled for Michael Jordan. But the press had me pulling against him by the time he got to his 1st retirement. I freely admit, not very big of me. I get manipulated that way. I own up to my biases.
However, I like to think I'm fair enough in assessing a player/coach's ability even if I don't like him. And I point to my opening post as proof of that. But, again I admit, Jeter did nothing to make me not like him.
Now....once he took over the Marlins, I dislike him for buying the team then selling everyone. I thought Miami baseball fans deserved better. Especially when baseball told S. Florida a new park would allow the Marlins to keep their young stars.
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That last part: Fair enough. I only "knew him" as a player. What he's doing down there with the Marlins, I don't follow. (Hmmm, still, consider what he took over and started with.)