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1-New York Yankees: 1B-Mark Teixeira, 2B-Robinson Cano, 3B-Alex Rodriguez, SS-Derek Jeter, and C-Jorge Posada.

Last, but certainly not least. It's tough to argue with A-Rod and Tex at the corners -- that's an intimidating tandem. Jeter remains Steady Eddy at short, and Posada is one of the greatest hitting catchers in the history of the game.

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American pastime.

    In the first inning of tonight's game against the White Sox, Derek Jeter passed Lou Gherig for most hits all time at Yankee Stadium, with 1,270.  Sure, it's not exactly the same Yankee Stadium Lou Gherig played in, but this is a momentous record at any rate.  We all know how consistent

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rk's sports radio station, WFAN, to bash the Yankees, and one caller last night even suggested that Derek Jeter should be on the cover of the Madden video game (which is an NFL game anyway) so that he would be susceptible to the injury curse that has coincided with being placed on the cover of the game for the last several years.  First of all, it is never in good taste to root for someone to get injured, but obviously this fan was only joking around.  However, why should a Mets fan even care about

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It’s the All-Star Break once again, that mythical halfway point in the season (I say “mythical” because most teams have played 95-96 games, more than the 81 that’s the true midway mark). Traditionally, it’s time for the teams to take a breath, collect themselves and iron out any kinks in their batting stroke or the pitching rotation—several starters made relief appearances or threw out of turn in the past game or two, knowing that three or four days of rest was coming for all of them.

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ce of stolen bases.  Fifteen of his 24 home runs last year came in the second half.

3)  Derek Jeter, SS, New York Yankees:  He's had a disappointing first half, but the All-Star game at Yankee Stadium might revitalize him for the second half.  The Yankee offense has not performed up to expectations, but with everyone healthy they could become more explosive as a unit.  Even with the slow start Jeter has a shot at scoring 100 runs, and that number will only increase if the middle of the batting order produces better.

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aches and players—reportedly, manager Joe Girardi spoke, followed by Johnny Damon and captain Derek Jeter. In a postgame news conference, Girardi repeatedly (and sometimes heatedly) refused to reveal what was said in the meeting, although the gist of the discussion was obvious: the can’t-lose Yankees have been losing.

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Sorry for the Blog Pause--went out of town to the wedding of a friend of mine, but now I'm back and back strong, to conclude my review of the unsung heroes of the 1961 Yankees infield. We're finishing with that all-important position of shortstop, Tony Kubek, who was an anchor for that 1961 team, both in the field and at the plate. He's also one of the great woulda-coulda-shoulda players, someone that many argue would have been one of the greatest Yankee shortstops ever, had his career not been cut short by injury.

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Boggs' career, and shaped the future of a spindly shorstop who'd committed 54 errors in the minors: Derek Jeter.

So when you watch the Yankee captain pick one from deep in the hole and make a

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The Yankees have had many World Series champs, and many more All-Star players and all-time lineups. The 1927 Yankees pretty much set the bar for everyone else to follow, but there were some other memorable ones, too. The '36 Yanks, the first year of Joltin' Joe, and the last great one from Lou Gehrig, along with typically solid contributions by Bill Dickey, Tony Lazzeri and the usual cast of star Yankees.

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God forbid it gets to my spot in the draft and the only good infielder I can get is Derek Jeter or Jimmy Rollins. I can’t stomach that kind of betrayal. Makes me nauseous.  

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lian Tavares, who gets out of the first without further damage and then proceeds to 'plunk' Derek Jeter and give up a subsequent home run to Bobby Abreu in the second inning. 6-0, Yanks. Matsui drives another run in in the third and it's 7-0 before Boston responds. Chris Carter singles and then, Brandon Moss hits a long fly ball to left field. Damon's playing there and loses the ball in the sun. He's still looking for it when it drops just in front of the left field fence behind him and Moss ends up on second. Julio Lugo ground outs (nice play by Jeter), scoring Carter for the first Sox run.

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This placed him in a tie with Derek Jeter for 94th in MLB last year. Thinking of them as a single player, the Red Sox would rank 90th in MLB.

Figuring 30 teams with a 40-man roster equalling 1,200 players, being ranked 74th in batting average and 90th in RBI sounds pretty good. Easily qualifies them among the Top Ten 'players' when you look at the team as a single entity

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I admire Derek Jeter, find Alex Rodriguez to be somewhat pathetic (trying to slap that ball out of Bronson Arroyo's hand in the 2004 playoffs told me everything I needed to know about him), and continue to believe that the one man I do not want to see at the plate at a critical juncture in any game is Jorge Posada.

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