{"id":1353,"date":"2011-06-20T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T15:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2011-06-20T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T15:43:11","slug":"celebrating-enemy-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/06\/20\/celebrating-enemy-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Enemy Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For some reason there is a lot of talk about how Mets fans should treat Derek Jeter’s 3000th hit on the off chance it happens at Citi Field. (I’ll be there Saturday, I doubt Jeter will) I’ll boo. I boo when opposing players get hits.\u00a0 They’re the enemy.\u00a0 I’m not a gentlemanly opposing player in the same ‘fraternity’ of baseball players.\u00a0 It’s more important to me to see my pitcher’s WHIP be slightly lower than it is to see Jeter get a hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let’s get real here, this isn’t some historic achievement.\u00a0\u00a0 He’s not setting a record, he’s not even climbing into the top 10.\u00a0 He’s\u00a0looking to become the 28th player to reach 3000 hits, and just because he’s the first to do so as a Yankee doesn’t mean anything outside of the Yankees.\u00a0 He’s not some all-time legend.\u00a0 He’s not Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig, or the best player on his team. \u00a0\u00a0There is nothing inherently more special about Derek Jeter, or the Yankees.\u00a0 He’s one player of 750 and the Yankees are one team of 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jeter\u00a0doesn’t transcend the sport in any way.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Not at his position, not as a hitter, not as a fielder, and not even as a clutch hitter (which is simply a matter of being there a lot, he doesn’t boast better numbers in clutch situations).\u00a0 \u00a0His claim to fame is longevity and being a good player on a lot of good Yankee teams.\u00a0\u00a0 I hate the Yankees, therefore Jeter collecting a personal, or franchise,\u00a0milestone means nothing to me.\u00a0 \u00a0Absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some reason there is a lot of talk about how Mets fans should treat Derek Jeter’s 3000th hit on the off chance it happens at Citi Field. (I’ll be there Saturday, I doubt Jeter will) I’ll boo. I boo when opposing players get hits.\u00a0 They’re the enemy.\u00a0 I’m not a gentlemanly opposing player in … <\/p>\n

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