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Yankee Fans: Morons

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by secretariat, Jul 29, 2011.

  1. secretariat

    secretariat Active Member

    Not referring to our esteemed poster, of course.

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-nyc-baseball-fans-say-jeter-as-great-as-babe-ruth-20110729,0,7824493.story
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    It's dumb, but shit like this always happens.

    If you took the poll at the right time, Mark Grace would have been voted the best Cub of all time.
     
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I didn't know Ian O'Connor could vote that many times...
     
  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I know a two-person poll I could take that would vote Barack Obama the greatest President in U.S. history.

    What can you say? People get swept up in the current moment.
     
  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Did they also vote Hideki Irabu the best Yankee pitcher of all-time?
     
  6. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Realistically, where should Jeter rank among all-time Yankee players?

    Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio would all be miles and miles ahead of him.
     
  7. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Probably right after those guys and in a dead heat with Yogi Berra.

    For all their world titles, the dropoff is shockingly immense after the first few names.
     
  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I'd say after Berra, but that's about right.
     
  9. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    I guess it's all in how you frame the debate and maybe he wasn't there long enough, but Roger Maris' two MVP seasons are worth any five of Jeter's best years.
     
  10. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I put him between Brien Taylor and Irabu. :D
     
  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I was thinking Maris, too, but afraid to say it out loud. I'm glad someone else was thinking that.
     
  12. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    BTW, did anyone read the recent biography of Maris? Looking for some baseball reading material, and he's a guy I'm intrigued by but don't know a ton about.
     
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