Jeter's run to 3,000 hits

[Mizzougrad96]

Is it just me or does the coverage of Jeter's run at 3,000 hits seem just a tad excessive?

I don't remember this kind of coverage for a player getting to 3,000 during my lifetime.

 

[Boomer7]

Is it just me or does the coverage of Jeter's run at 3,000 hits seem just a tad excessive?

I don't remember this kind of coverage for a player getting to 3,000 during my lifetime.

What, you don't remember HBO doing a "Paul Molitor 3K" documentary?

 

[novelist_wannabe]

I've been a little surprised there hasn't been more, actually. But then, I don't get HBO, I largely tune out ESPN (I'll turn them back on when college football starts playing games) and I don't live in or near New York.

 

[JackReacher]

Yeah. I haven't really noticed. Not watching SportsCenter does that. I mean, there's been plenty online, but nothing crazy. At least not on the sites I read regularly.

 

[shockey]

i don't know where you're based, mizzoo, but i know here in n.y. jeter 3,000 is the over-the-top driving force. if it's also receiving over-the-top national media attention i'd suggest it's simply the times we live in -- EVERYTHING of any significance receives the 24/7, all-talk-all-the-time treatment.

i know why back in the day a celebrity murder case like o.j.'s received such over-the-top attention. but would the white trash trial of casey anthony been covered and discussed as it's been before the 24/7 news/talk radio/blog era? keep in mind this is the first time in quite a while anyone since anyone hit the 3,000-mark. and when it's the face of the sports most famous franchise, who i'd venture to say has been on national tv more than any other baseball player in history, many will find the coverage nauseating.

though i'm curious to hear how jeter/3,000 is being treated OUTSIDE of n.y. in what way would you say it's been unprecedented? i'm asking 'cause i have no idea. i only know the topic has been wrung dry in n.y. would the coverage of wade boggs quest for 3,000 been treated any differently in boston had he gotten 'em all with the bosox?

 

[Shaggy]

Craig Biggio didn't have live look-ins when he was still 6 hits away.

I expected this with Jeter, though. If it happens in New York, the entire nation is at the edge of their seat. Right?

I love the 3,000-hit milestone and I'm happy for Jeter. It's a real testament to showing up everyday, working hard and being good.

 

[Boom_70]

YES network spending too much time focused on Jeter and not enough time on important game going on

Last night Michael Kay raised the point and then went on to promote every Jeter upcoming at bat.

 

[Football_Bat]

It's the Big Apple, it's the Yankees, it's Jeter, it's ESPN.

Frankly, with the confluences of all of the above, I've expected the coverage to be even more over-the-top. It'll certainly crank up by an order of magnitude with him being two hits away.

 

[Brian]

I'd like to know the winning percentages of teams with a player within four hits of the cycle compared to their overall winning percentage. that'd interest me very much.

 

[Sea Bass]

I'd like to know the winning percentages of teams with a player within four hits of the cycle compared to their overall winning percentage. that'd interest me very much.

Aren't all players always within four hits of the cycle?

 

[Brian]

I'd like to know the winning percentages of teams with a player within four hits of the cycle compared to their overall winning percentage. that'd interest me very much.

Aren't all players always within four hits of the cycle?

Ahem...3,000 hits.

Sorry. i have no idea where cycle came from. context words, I guess.

 

[shockey]

YES network spending too much time focused on Jeter and not enough time on important game going on

Last night Michael Kay raised the point and then went on to promote every Jeter upcoming at bat.

um, it's the YANKEES network, which is shameless to begin with. if the astros had their own network in '97 i'm sure their coverage would've been all-biggio, all-the time.

and there was no hbo documentary on 'molitor 3,000?' really? does this even have to be addressed?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

YES network spending too much time focused on Jeter and not enough time on important game going on

Last night Michael Kay raised the point and then went on to promote every Jeter upcoming at bat.

um, it's the YANKEES network, which is shameless to begin with. if the astros had their own network in '97 i'm sure their coverage would've been all-biggio, all-the time.

and there was no hbo documentary on 'molitor 3,000?' really? does this even have to be addressed?

They didn't do this for George Brett and Jeter is about half the player Brett was.

 

[Shaggy]

This is pretty much the opposite of how George Brett's 3,000th hit came. Brett's milestone really snuck up on us. He was injured and all of the sudden returned from injury and went 4-for-4 at a late-night game in Anaheim IIRC.

I was 12 years old. I woke up the next morning and saw it in the KC Star. I was pissed because I didn't think he was going to play, much less get 4 hits. So I didn't listen to the game and went to bed early.

 

[JC]

YES network spending too much time focused on Jeter and not enough time on important game going on

Last night Michael Kay raised the point and then went on to promote every Jeter upcoming at bat.

um, it's the YANKEES network, which is shameless to begin with. if the astros had their own network in '97 i'm sure their coverage would've been all-biggio, all-the time.

and there was no hbo documentary on 'molitor 3,000?' really? does this even have to be addressed?

They didn't do this for George Brett and Jeter is about half the player Brett was.

I would say there is just a little bit of a difference in the 24/7 sports news cycle these days then when Brett was chasing, wouldn't you?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Yeah, it's the times we live in where a player reaching a milestone in NYC is given about 1,000 times more coverage than when it happens (sometimes by much better players) in San Diego, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Houston...

Good excuse...

 

[JC]

Yeah, it's the times we live in where a player reaching a milestone in NYC is given about 1,000 times more coverage than when it happens (sometimes by much better players) in San Diego, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Houston...

Good excuse...

it's not an excuse it's ****ing reality.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

YES network spending too much time focused on Jeter and not enough time on important game going on

Last night Michael Kay raised the point and then went on to promote every Jeter upcoming at bat.

um, it's the YANKEES network, which is shameless to begin with. if the astros had their own network in '97 i'm sure their coverage would've been all-biggio, all-the time.

and there was no hbo documentary on 'molitor 3,000?' really? does this even have to be addressed?

They didn't do this for George Brett and Jeter is about half the player Brett was.

I would say there is just a little bit of a difference in the 24/7 sports news cycle these days then when Brett was chasing, wouldn't you?

True. But there have been others who have passed this mark during the 24/7 sports news cycle where it barely registered.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I understand the reality of it, but that doesn't mean people don't have the right to be pissed about it.

 

[Shaggy]

I'm a huge baseball fan, but I wish every player who closes in on 3,000 hits got the coverage Jeter has gotten.

Derek Jeter is different, though. He's the first Yankee to do it. He's been in the spotlight for 15 years now. He's won five World Series titles. He's a celebrity. He's going to get more attention than Craig Biggio did. Just the way it is.