The Crane Pool Forum

While Cashman insists that he liked Jeter as a player, it isn’t entirely clear that he means it. Or maybe it’s fairer to say that there were two Derek Jeters — the happy-go-lucky kid from Kalamazoo who came up at twenty-one and seduced the sport with his cool-hand poise, that gift for the big play on the grand stage, and the thirty-something Jeter who became somewhat hardened by fame. Treated like a civic institution in New York — worshiped by the faithful in their Jumpman-branded garb, teenage fan-girls rocking RE2PECT tank tops, and adored and protected by the tabloid scolds who trolled other stars on Page Six — he somehow remembered every slight and provocation. Jeter grew distant from writers who dared to notice that he couldn’t get around on a good fastball. His initial coldness toward Alex Rodríguez was as stark as it was cruel: there was that graceless moment in 2006 when a routine pop fly somehow fell between them. Jeter, hands on hips, glared daggers at A-Rod, emasculating him on national TV. That Derek Jeter wasn’t fun to general-manage — or to have playing behind you when you pitched. “When Andy [Pettitte] came back from Houston, there was a ground ball up the middle, and Andy’s like, ‘All right, that’s an out,’ ” says Cashman. “Next thing you know, it goes through for a hit and he’s like, ‘Crap, Jetes can’t get to those anymore.’ ”

“At the meeting, Derek said, ‘What other shortstop would you want playing here?’ and I started rolling off names,” says Cashman. “I got, like, three names down and Casey said, ‘Stop, this isn’t productive.’

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:27 pm Add Gary Sanchez to the NYY injury parade: strained calf

Ceetar wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:38 pm

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:27 pm Add Gary Sanchez to the NYY injury parade: strained calf

so cruel of the Yankees to make their hurt players march in a parade.

Ceetar wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:38 pm

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:27 pm Add Gary Sanchez to the NYY injury parade: strained calf

so cruel of the Yankees to make their hurt players march in a parade.

41Forever wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 8:21 am Brett Gardner, in an 0-19 stretch, threw his batting helmet against the wall in frustration. But it bounced right back, hitting him in the face and opening a wound that required six stitches to close. Yankee magic!