The MLB season is 2 games old and there is a wave of Jeter hagiography.
Well, he hit a walk-off homer to bail out a 4-3 win and helped out his good friend Mo.
Newsday has this piece of Hagiography.
The New York Post has this one.
NYT has this piece of hagiography.
Boston scored in the fourth on a home run by David Ortiz, and in the seventh, when Damon singled off Stanton to score Mueller. But Stanton got Trot Nixon to ground into an inning-ending double play, and Gordon followed with a 1-2-3 eighth.
Rivera struck out Renteria to start the ninth, then Varitek homered to tie the score. With two outs, Damon's fly ball expired on the warning track in right field. The Yankees exhaled, and when they returned to their dugout, Jeter grabbed his batting helmet and went to work.
"He's the captain of the team," catcher Jorge Posada said. "It seems like he's always at the plate when we need a big hit."
Yeah. I like him too, but this was just game 2 in a series of 19 regular season Rivalry-Bashes. C'mon guys, this is a little early for all this, no?
And another piece of Jeter-Worship in the NYT.
Oh yeah. That's how he stunk up my Fantasy Team last year, day by day of my faith betrayed by that slump from hell... but we'll let that slide today. He's doing mighty fine after 2 games. It's only 2 games out of 162, mind you... :)Jeter set up his final at-bat with patience. He did not bite on three pitches that missed the strike zone because he wanted to reach base. Foulke pushed the count to 3-2 on two fastballs, and Jeter fouled off a changeup. Jeter kept waiting for another fastball, which was no surprise. When Jeter got it, what he did with it was no surprise to the Yankees, either.
"He's the best clutch player in baseball," Martinez said. "It's tough to describe it to people that don't see him all the time because the stats aren't there. But if you see the day-in, day-out performances, he's the best."
- Art Neuro
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