Awesome New Yorker Cover

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

Great but he should have also had him waving goodbye--to the Yanks' playoff chances partly due to the "classy" and "team-first" Jeter refusing to sit down or ask to bat 9th. He is literally among the 5 worst starting SS in all of baseball this year when you consider both his OPS, horrid, and his range factor, easily the worst in the majors. At least Drew can still field...

So Jeter should ask to bench himself so Stephen (.167BA/.233OBP) Drew, can get more playing time?

They don't have anybody else on the roster to replace him, and they don't exactly have a killer line-up to correlate into more wins just by moving him to the bottom of the order.

The only guy they had who could have possibly replaced him was traded for Chase Headley, and he really wasn't a SS either.

Lastly, please name one veteran player who voluntarily took himself out of the line-up or moved himself down in the order. I saw Ripken bagged on for this same thing all the time at the end of his career, but all either guy did was act like a pro and do what came naturally to them until they could no longer do it. The mentality that helped them succeed in their younger years, is the same mentality that makes them continue to plug away, even after their skills have eroded.