The view from Fenway
It's a hilarious contrivance that Derek Jeter has declined to play shortstop during the final three road games of his career. He says he wants to savor the shortstop's view from the diamond at Yankee Stadium.
So his historically-awful defensive skills will not be on display this weekend for any of the national television crews that have lined up in Boston for a chance to ignore the games that matter. Good thing he can still serve the Yankees under the unholy and contaminate title of "designated hitter" to honor, in Jeter's words, "this rivalry... Boston and their fans." Says Jeter, "If it were anywhere else I don't even know if I would play."
The Red Sox and Yankees are exactly like the Democrats and Republicans. They thrive under the pretension that they're bitter rivals, yet are really two heads of the same beast. It's us against them.
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Now that Jeter is gone, can sports editors stop typing the number 2 into the middle of words?
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It's A-Rod's team now.
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Jeter will forever be #2, but Bud Selig is #1.
posted by CM @ 9:07 AM
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