espouses …. the Internet version of a “mail order bride” ?

On the First Amendment, A-Rod, and Selena Roberts, he expounds.

[21] Good questions here, Will. I think the worship stems from having someone become a matinee idol on the most recognizable team in baseball. It was Ruth and Gehrig, then DiMaggio, then Mantle, then Reggie, then Mattingly. The torch had to go to someone, and the NY media anointed him. He fit the bill: comes from a good family, biracial, fulfilled his dream to play professional baseball for the New York Yankees. The MSM, for whatever reason, continues to romanticize baseball — and I’ve had many arguments with esteemed colleagues on this topic, how baseball is NOT the national pastime anymore — and looks for people to embody that romanticization. The adoration and adulation that comes now stems from his shift from young buck to elder statesman. He’ll be 35 this year, which is only old if you’re entering your 15th Major League season.

[26] There is a LOT of Ripken in Derek Jeter. They’re virtually clones of each other in terms of public persona. The only thing missing is the outing of Jeter as being someone who cares more about himself than the team, which became the view of Ripken as he closed in on breaking Gehrig’s streak.

I love Jeter too but there is a bit of Ripken in him..

In other words, the DJ as God angle will get tired as he’s less godlike on the field, and the media will spin it dark. As I said, I think it has started – even here on the Banter.

Never mind. This has been talked about over and over again. Tabloids try selling personalities as opposed to facts. The problem we really have is people can’t help themselves from buying the tabloids to either supremely agree with them or righteously rage against them (myself, included).

Here’s a thought. What possible career would Jeter excel in outside of baseball? I don’t see him as much of a public speaker, since he never really says anything interesting, controversial or weighted with import. As far as I know he’s not a musician, like Bernie. He’s never written a novel or an opinion that wasn’t baseball related, he’s not, I repeat, not a good actor (though there’s always the option of taking acting classes) and as far as being an executive is concerned, I would equate him with Michael Jordan (admittedly at first glance).

I love Jeter as a player and I admire his handling of the media, but I don’t get the worship. Jeter and sports will likely never be mutually exclusive, so why do writers treat him like a Renaissance Man? Because of their innate and unshakable need to embody the good guy/bad guy paradigm? And what does that in turn fulfill? Does this absolve us from our sense of inadequacy in the face of the talented wealthy?

All I can reckon is, all heroes become villains when they stop winning long enough to become one of us.

The junk MSM prints now is sort of like T&A. It’s nothing new or important, but we can’t help but look. Frankly, we would all be better off if it just went away, and all we discussed were real issues facing baseball and the Yankees.

i can only imagine that it’s a “must-read” because it’s a clear deliniation of what not to do and what to avoid.

I think that example is a bit extreme. Players have played with the hip condition, doctors have said that he is able to play with that condition. There have been players that have opted for rest/rehab over surgery.

This really isn’t that big a deal. This definitely isn’t Rickey “jaking it” with a torn hammy in ’87.

2-1 Yankees.”

Just imagine if Brett supplies the power needed from the third base slot.

@ 5 & 6: Well-put. The Times’ coverage of the A-Rod saga has been simply embarrassing. They act more like gossip columnists than sports writers. And, in a city with plenty of sensationalist rags, I expected better from them.

My only question for Araton is this: If journalism is “largely about[] getting to the bottom of unsavory things that are not necessarily intended to be known,” then why is the Times so good it when it comes to largely irrelevant things such as which athelete took took PEDs and totally incompetent at relevant matters such as uncovering why the US invaded Iraq? The appeal to journalistic integrity rings a little hollow when placed in the larger context of utter incompetency.

Here’s an article on it.

I’ve got the cam impingement type.