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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 14 2011 08:48 AM

"Grade 1 calf strain" certain to drag out the overwrought "Quest for 3000" storyline and inject it with plenty of stories about how the captain's pureness and lack of steroids and determination and grit will carry him through, even if it will delay the inevitable, he will not be denied!

With that in mind, choose which pitcher surrenders Jeter's 300th hit. Winner gets to be honorary Captian of the CPF.

Ceetar
Jun 14 2011 08:51 AM
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James Russell

themetfairy
Jun 14 2011 08:52 AM
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It seems like a Pelfrey kind of a thing to do....

G-Fafif
Jun 14 2011 08:56 AM
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Bobby Jones. First pitch of the game.

Fuck, I hate Jeter.

metirish
Jun 14 2011 09:01 AM
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Twitter full of " it must have been bad for Jeter to take himself form the game"...Klap and those fools never learn.

Manny Acosta

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 14 2011 09:12 AM
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It won't drag things out THAT long. (Plus, he won't want to do it in the icky, icky shadow of the Iron Triangle.)

Colorado, 6/24 or 6/25, ducksnort off Matt Lidstrom.

Ceetar
Jun 14 2011 09:20 AM
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Craig Carton really hopes Jon Sterling screws up the call.

and now I do too.

dgwphotography
Jun 14 2011 09:53 AM
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Ceetar wrote:
Craig Carton really hopes Jon Sterling screws up the call.

and now I do too.


I can just picture Sterling in his darkened hotel room going practicing his little speech when Captain Intangibles gets his 3000th.

My hope is that it will be a swinging bunt that is muffed by the third baseman that isn't called a hit until official scorer reviews it, and changes the scoring a few innings later...

But reality being what it is, we all know that this injury will just insure that it's going to be a game-winning HR against KRod...

dgwphotography
Jun 14 2011 09:53 AM
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.

Met Hunter
Jun 14 2011 02:04 PM
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I was kinda hoping his injury was a career ender. Then he can come back in a few years like Bernie Mac and get the hit off a 40 year old Sabathia.

Ceetar
Jun 14 2011 02:48 PM
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Most of Jeter's comments in this golden calf press conference would be a lot more enlightening if you appended the silent "I'm Derek Fucking Jeter" after them.

Frayed Knot
Jun 14 2011 03:22 PM
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Latest word has him sitting for at least a week although no DL decision made as of yet.
Shit, you might as well go ahead and DL him, it's not like the replacement guy is going to drag the offense down or anything.

HahnSolo
Jun 14 2011 03:30 PM
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If he were a Met you know you wouldn't see him until August 20th. But I'm sure he'll recover miraculously for their next homestand with no DL stint.

Edgy DC
Jun 14 2011 05:09 PM
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This may not be an attempt to ensure that hit 3K occurs most advantageously at home, but it's hard not to think of it as such.

Ashie62
Jun 14 2011 05:38 PM
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None of the above. Captain Crutch is on the DL.

G-Fafif
Jun 14 2011 05:40 PM
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Comes off 6/28, they're in 7/1, 7/2, 73...oh yeah, we're fucked.

Ceetar
Jun 14 2011 06:11 PM
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G-Fafif wrote:
Comes off 6/28, they're in 7/1, 7/2, 73...oh yeah, we're fucked.



woah there, earliest he can come off is 6/28. Personally I'd be surprised if he does. And if he does, rust plus sucking already plus tentative on the calf? he'll still need 6 when he leaves Flushing.

G-Fafif
Jun 14 2011 06:15 PM
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Yeah, we're fucked.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 14 2011 07:23 PM
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Dang it.

Edgy DC
Jun 14 2011 07:28 PM
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Is any writer going to have the guts to suggest that this injury is maybe a sham? Have any thus far?

Frayed Knot
Jun 14 2011 07:58 PM
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Jee-tah* has had 68 hits this year in the Yanx 64 games -- point being that even if he comes off the DL at first opportunity (realizing of course that Jeter's recuperative powers allow him to do the 15-Day DL in 8 just days) and jumps right back into things, 6 hits in 3 games is hardly a slam dunk.





* and, btw, since when is that considered proper pronunciation?

Fman99
Jun 14 2011 07:59 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
Is any writer going to have the guts to suggest that this injury is maybe a sham? Have any thus far?


Can I count as a writer here?

This is a bullshit injury. He realized he wasn't going to get to 3k at home so he went on the Douche List. He can't get the milestone hit unless the animated zombie corpse of Bob Sheppard announces him first, in between bites of delicious brains served on a hoagie roll with A1 and marinated onions.

Ashie62
Jun 14 2011 08:07 PM
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And so tas-tee too!

Frayed Knot
Jun 14 2011 08:12 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
Jee-tah* has had 68 hits this year in the Yanx 64 games -- point being that even if he comes off the DL at first opportunity (realizing of course that Jeter's recuperative powers allow him to do the 15-Day DL in 8 just days) and jumps right back into things, 6 hits in 3 games is hardly a slam dunk.



Oh wait, we're not the first three games back but rather games 4, 5, & 6.
Never mind then.

MFS62
Jun 14 2011 09:20 PM
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Here's the scenario for the hit, as I posted it in another thread. This seems to be a better place for it.

Yanks down by a run, bottom of the ninth. Runners on first and third, two out, Jeter up.
He hits a ball to the right side that hits the runner between first and second.
The runner is called out, but, by rule he is credited with his 3,000th hit.
Game over.
Yankees lose! Yankees Lose!
And the 3,000th hit is tainted (it wasn't a clean hit).
Forever.

If it happens it should be "awarded" to the official scorer and not held against any pitcher.
Later

Ceetar
Jun 14 2011 09:56 PM
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MFS62 wrote:
Here's the scenario for the hit, as I posted it in another thread. This seems to be a better place for it.

Yanks down by a run, bottom of the ninth. Runners on first and third, two out, Jeter up.
He hits a ball to the right side that hits the runner between first and second.
The runner is called out, but, by rule he is credited with his 3,000th hit.
Game over.
Yankees lose! Yankees Lose!
And the 3,000th hit is tainted (it wasn't a clean hit).
Forever.

If it happens it should be "awarded" to the official scorer and not held against any pitcher.
Later



John Sterling: "It's 3-2 Mets. Martin is on third, and Gardner on first. There are two men out in the bottom of the 9th. Here's the pitch from K-Rod to Jeter, who needs just one hit to 3000, and oh what a time for that hit right now. He swings, and it's hit hard to the right on a couple of bounces! Turner, err Tejada fields and he just holds on to it! No throw! Jeter really busted it down the line and Tejada must've felt like he didn't have a chance. #3000 for the Captain ties the game! El Capi....wait, they're coming off the field? Now they're saying it hit Gardner and he's out!

Suzyn: "Yeah John, it hit off his back leg as he was running to second. The runner is out but the hit counts. What a way to do it."

John: "Oh. Ballgame over. Mets win, sweeping the Yankees at home."

Met Hunter
Jun 15 2011 06:26 AM
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What makes me think this is happening is that I just remembered Rivera got his 500th save at CitiField.

Fman99
Jun 15 2011 05:43 PM
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Ceetar wrote:

John Sterling: "It's 3-2 Mets. Martin is on third, and Gardner on first. There are two men out in the bottom of the 9th. Here's the pitch from K-Rod to Jeter, who needs just one hit to 3000, and oh what a time for that hit right now. He swings, and it's hit hard to the right on a couple of bounces! Turner, err Tejada fields and he just holds on to it! No throw! Jeter really busted it down the line and Tejada must've felt like he didn't have a chance. #3000 for the Captain ties the game! El Capi....wait, they're coming off the field? Now they're saying it hit Gardner and he's out!

Suzyn: "Yeah John, it hit off his back leg as he was running to second. The runner is out but the hit counts. What a way to do it."

John: "Oh. Ballgame over. Mets win, sweeping the Yankees at home."


Reading this gave me a boner.

Frayed Knot
Jun 16 2011 07:49 AM
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btw, replacement SS Eduardo Nunez tied Jeter in HRs last night when he hit his 2nd
Jeets still holds the XBH lead 12 to 5 and has more than double! the RBIs (20-9) - although we should probably point out the slight 293 to 70 (4.2x) edge in plate appearances.

MFS62
Jun 16 2011 09:05 AM
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I just realized that this thread makes the threads around it better.

Later

Ceetar
Jun 16 2011 09:51 AM
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MFS62 wrote:
I just realized that this thread makes the threads around it better.

Later


It doesn't have the range to reach the threads in the other forums though.

dgwphotography
Jun 16 2011 02:20 PM
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Ceetar wrote:
MFS62 wrote:
I just realized that this thread makes the threads around it better.

Later


It doesn't have the range to reach the threads in the other forums though.


But this thread truly has the edge...

G-Fafif
Jun 16 2011 11:06 PM
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Marty Noble: totally fucking high.

Citi Field a fine setting for Jeter's 3,000th

Yankees captain's moment fits in well with Subway Series lore

NEW YORK -- Advocates of Interleague competition, and even those who don't favor midseason integration of the leagues, may find this possibility intriguing enough to cross their fingers and hope it happens: Derek Jeter taking his three-grand step on the lawn at Citi Field. It would be the next-best thing to his reaching 3,000 hits at his own ballpark (unless the sadists among Yankees supporters prefer Jeter's coronation occur at Fenway Park to put some stink in New England's summer.)

But if it comes to pass that Jeter's calf heals and his assignment to the disabled list ends in time for him to play in the second half of this year's Subway Series on July 1-3, then by all means, let him milestone it at the Big Citi. The Mets have endured New York's other team celebrating a World Series on their turf -- albeit different turf -- as well as assorted Interleague, Interborough Indignities. This wouldn't be so bad because of the identity of the man involved.

Jeter is a well-respected player, an icon on the other side of town and, begrudgingly, perhaps in Queens, too. Moreover, he would be making history -- good, positive history. If the schedule denies Yankee Stadium the opportunity to stage the event, then there is no better venue for this city to celebrate the Captain than the Citi. Even with how well the Mets are playing recently, Jeter's 3,000th could be the hit of the summer at Citi.

In another 50 years, when the next documentary about the Mets' home is produced and momentous occasions are recalled, Jeter's hit would be part of it, along with footage of Paul McCartney's concert, a World Series or three, the elimination of the Mo-Zone, perhaps a Papal visit, a few soccer games, David Wright Day, concerts by the next rock phenomenon, the retirement of No. 17 for Keith Hernandez, Piano Man playing the anthem, Mike Pelfrey's home run, Jose Reyes Night, Dillon Gee's three 20-win seasons and a brief mention of the absence of a no-hitter in Mets history.

Jeter's hit will be a big deal, of course, no matter where it happens. He'll be the 28th to reach 3,000, the first to do so as an exclusively New York player. The Citi ought to embrace the moment. No need to be parochial on that night, should it arrive while the Yankees are in the third-base dugout.

If there is one visiting player Citi Field ought to hail, it's Jeter, something of an estranged cousin. The only way he has hurt the Mets is play well, deliver critical hits and throw out too-cool Timo Perez at the plate in Game 1 of the 2000 World Series. That throw was remarkable -- merely perfect, and it goes mostly unnoticed because of Perez's world-class mindlessness. It was the type of play expected of Jeter.

*****
The first time the Mets and Yankees played in a real game -- 14 years ago Thursday night -- the pregame moments were as memorable as the shutout by Dave Mlicki that followed. The part of New York that gathered at the old Yankee Stadium took its cue from the old Miller Lite commercials -- Tastes great ... Less filling ... Tastes great ... Less filling ...

The Bleacher Creatures initiated their chant, "Let's go Yankees," with slightly elongated words. And the surprisingly many Mets fans in the bleachers responded with the traditional, monosyllabic and choppy "Let's go Mets." The rest of the ballpark caught on, making the House That Ruth Built a house divided. Those were moments that should have been captured for a documentary on tolerance.

Each side deferred to the other -- "Let's go Yankees" ... "Let's go Mets" ... "Let's go Yankees" ... "Let's go Mets." And a game of chants evolved. In the 86 games New York's teams have played since (including the five games in the 2000 World Series), nothing so spontaneous, polite and simple, so friendly and so cool has happened. It was pure rooting. No sarcasm or hatred.

If Yankee Stadium and its Creatures could accommodate Mets partisans then -- the Yankees were defending World Series champions at the time, and the Mets were just emerging from the Dark Ages -- Citi Field certainly can find a way to salute Jeter, even if his 3,000th hit doesn't happen during the Interleague series.

If Jeter comes to plate in the series, the Citi ought to stand, applaud, cheer and force the Captain to step out of the box to acknowledge the reception. Then root for Gee, Dickey, Pelfrey, Niese and the rest of them to hold Jeter hitless.

Gwreck
Jun 16 2011 11:58 PM
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I'm sorry, can you please pass me something sharp that I can just stick in my eye instead?

Ceetar
Jun 17 2011 06:52 AM
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Gwreck wrote:
I'm sorry, can you please pass me something sharp that I can just stick in my eye instead?


I don't get the love for the bleacher creatures, or the love for the ritual of ignoring the top of the first inning of baseball for a fan version of the starting lineup. (shocked it isn't sponsored though)

Frayed Knot
Jun 17 2011 06:59 AM
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Amazing to read someone usually so totally clued-in as Marty be so completely tone-deaf on this issue.

MFS62
Jun 17 2011 07:01 AM
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Ceetar wrote:
Gwreck wrote:
I don't get the love for the bleacher creatures, or the love for the ritual of ignoring the top of the first inning of baseball for a fan version of the starting lineup. (shocked it isn't sponsored though)

The bleacher creatures should be sponsored by Sylvan Learning Center.

Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 17 2011 08:40 AM
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All joking and intrafanbase comic teeth-gnashing aside... this is really not a big deal. (At least, to me it isn't. And I have a generally poor sense of perspective.)

metirish
Jun 17 2011 08:53 AM
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Marty can go and fuck off .

Lefty Specialist
Jun 17 2011 08:55 AM
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I don't want Met fans be forced to applaud a hated rival, like POW's forced to make propaganda videos for their captors.

Frayed Knot
Jun 17 2011 09:17 AM
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btw, in case you hadn't heard ... THE YANKEES ARE PLAYING IN WRIGLEY THIS WEEKEND!!!!

But, monumental as this event is, shouldn't this series be postponed until Jeter gets healthy?
I mean it's not really a series worth having if he's not going to be there as the entire purpose of the visit will lose all sense of history and importance.

Ceetar
Jun 17 2011 09:20 AM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:
I don't want Met fans be forced to applaud a hated rival, like POW's forced to make propaganda videos for their captors.


If I happen to be at the game (I may go to a Yankee game or two this year. It's still sorta baseball right?) I'd probably be non-aggressive and just not boo.

Obviously if it happens on the road I'd boo/ignore like I would every other hit by an opposing player excepting I guess a Piazza home run in his return.

metirish
Jun 17 2011 09:21 AM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
btw, in case you hadn't heard ... THE YANKEES ARE PLAYING IN WRIGLEY THIS WEEKEND!!!!

But, monumental as this event is, shouldn't this series be postponed until Jeter gets healthy?
I mean it's not really a series worth having if he's not going to be there as the entire purpose of the visit will lose all sense of history and importance.



God, I'm sick of it already , and there's another team I am fucking sick off , the Cubs can go shit themselves.

Hearing Sterling call a ball headed for the ivy would be fun though.I've come to think of him as the only good thing about the yankees.

themetfairy
Jun 17 2011 10:08 AM
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I actually hadn't heard.

Unless the MFYs are playing the Mets, I pay absolutely no attention to them.

MFS62
Jun 18 2011 04:34 PM
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OK, my final attempt to brighten your days leading up to THE HIT.
I'd like to see him get 2,999, then right after that game, evidence comes out that Jeter bet on baseball games. I mean real evidence - betting slips and recorded phone calls.
OH, and he was placing them with Larry Jones.

I'm getting all misty.

Later

Yes, I'm an evil old bastard.

G-Fafif
Jun 19 2011 06:58 AM
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Tom Seaver: High enough.

Tom Seaver says Mets fans should cheer for Derek Jeter if the Yankee captain gets his 3,000th hit at Citi Field.

Jeter, currently on the DL with a calf injury, is six hits shy of 3,000. He is eligible to come off of the disabled list on June 29. His third game after coming off the DL will be at CIti Field, the first of a three-game Subway Series against the Mets.

Seaver, who received an ovation from the crowd at Yankee Stadium after his 300th win, said Mets fans should give Jeter his due if he gets hit No. 3,000 at Citi.

"You’re talking about the history of the game," Seaver said on Saturday. "Not an opposing player. It's a historical moment in the game of baseball. There's a point in time when it becomes more than your team or their team. It's a piece of history. This is a piece of history and respect for a guy that has earned it and earned it with class."

Seaver still remembers the loud cheers before and after his 300th win -- which came on August 4, 1985 when he was a member of the White Sox. The crowd that day contained a large contingent of Met fans.

Should Jeter hear the same if he gets his 3,000th knock at Citi Field?

"Absolutely," Seaver said.


I wouldn't expect Seaver to say different, and that's fine, I guess. But this is all moot anyway. If Jeter makes the entire stadium better by getting his 3,000th hit, it's not like he's going to be doing it front of 42,000 Mets fans. MFY fans always find their way in to Subway Series games and I would expect an even more disproportionate amount this time around.

The 300th win at MFYS II is a little bit of false equivalency since until 1984, Seaver never faced the MFYs and had no history of making MFY lives miserable except, perhaps, by proxy if MFY fans were prone to looking at his and the Mets' successes when they were down as something that ruined their lives in an ancillary fashion.

Sudden, horrible thought. As opposed to Jeter's theoretical 3,000th hit at Citi Field coming in some innocuous fashion in the third inning or whatever, what if it's the three-run double in the top of the ninth that puts the MFYs ahead 4-2? Is that supposed to be worthy of Mets fans' applause? If it was, say, Ichiro doing it in those circumstances, I wouldn't feel compelled to stand and respect "the history of the game".

Hope that calf needs an extra week to heal.

Benjamin Grimm
Jun 19 2011 08:00 AM
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The park would have more Yankee fans in the seats than Mets fans that day, so of course there will be cheers.

metirish
Jun 19 2011 08:11 AM
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It'a expected that Seaver says that, I bet Keith and Ron feel the same way as they often throw praise at jeter like it's confetti.

MFS62
Jun 19 2011 08:43 AM
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Now you can see why I have never exactly gone overboard in my praise of Seaver.
I've posted before about his insensitive comments toward the disabled. He's an asshole.

Later

Edgy DC
Jun 19 2011 11:57 AM
Re: Jetah Fevah

You've attacked other people on that score, not Seaver.

I'd clap for Jeter if I were there. I'd hate myself for it but I'd clap. The disappointing part for Seaver is that he forwards the myth of Jeter being a class act. He's not.

Doesn't mean we shouldn't be.

Frayed Knot
Jun 19 2011 02:03 PM
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This shouldn't be about whether the fans acknowledge a visiting player reaching a rare milestone; of course they should. You don't have to be enthusiastic but polite and respectful would be nice and, if you don't want to do that, then sit on your hands and say nothing.

My problem with this whole subject is the idea being put forth that Jeter doing so at CitiField is somehow fitting, or noble (sez Noble), or uplifting. Or that we the fans should feel honored he 'chose' us for the moment. Ummmmm, no we won't. Let him do it in that other borough so his fans can use the moment to feel further emboldened and moved to pour even more cups of over-priced beer on the heads of out-of-town fans while security sits back and pretends they didn't see it.