The rest of us, those of us who don’t just root for the laundry, to borrow Seinfeld’s famous phrase – will be mightily p’d off at Cashman, et al, for letting the face of the franchise, the Captain for crying out loud, walk over money.

Ok… now to start a fight:
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5862839

“According to the source, a baseball industry executive who has knowledge of both sides’ position, the Yankees are not budging from the three-year, $45 million offer they made to Jeter earlier this month

…. until Jeter and his agent, Casey Close, “drink the reality potion,” according to a source close to the negotiations.

Other industry sources have mentioned the Los Angeles Dodgers as a possible Plan B for Jeter and Close, considering Jeter’s warm relationship with Don Mattingly.”
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I don’t want to lose Jeter, but I am 100% with Cashman. The offer is at least twice his market value, so it is very fair. Mo is asking for a bit much, 2/$36m, but at least those are ‘fair’ negotiating numbers. I’m tired of the idea that the Yanks must always overpay for a player. I feel the opposiite; that’s it’s an honor for any player to wear the pinstripes, and like Beltran, should be happy to come here even for a little less.

I simply can’t image Jeter going to LA for 2/$22m or so.
I mean, what would the press do to Jeter if he left down for half the money? He legacy would be shot to hell. If his ego is hurt a little, I can understand it. But he has gained the same… or actually much more by being a Yankee. He would not be an icon if he was Derek Jeter, Kansas City Royal. His place is with the Yankees as the highest paid SS in the game, and will have earned 1/4 of a BILLION dollars from NY.

If he leaves, it will be a historic fall from grace.