Jeter Rockets to .221
By lefty
Derek Jeter has finally figured out his batting woes. He’s now opening his eyes while swinging. Raising his batting average 32 points three, three-hit games in a row, Jeter has nine hits in his last 14 at-bats. "Like I told you when I wasn't getting hits, you play every day, so you can basically forget about anything that has happened before," he was quoted in a story by Ray Glier of The New York Times. "You just get comfortable and the hits will come."
The whole team-batting slump at the beginning of the season gave birth to our “Sucky Stats” feature at right, but one by one each player has been hitting himself off the list. We hold a .250 batting average and a 4.00 ERA as a basis to make this exclusive club. Since the Opening Day loss to Tampa Bay, Jeter has been the leader of this club. The days of A-Rod and Jeter on the list will go down in YankeesSuck.com history as one of the finer moments. Although Jeter’s quickly battling back, the laws of mathematics prove the last 32 points were a far easier climb than the next 29 points to breakout of our list. So Derek, can you do it by June?
While “Sucky Stats” has been fun, it was an astonishing bonus to this site. Who could have predicted such numbers from such a moneyed crew? But it’s never been all about stats and standings anyway. Those change like the weather. It’s about the enduring sucky-ness of the Yankees as an organization, as a culture. That, my friends, is something we can always count on.
Mariano Rivera reached a benchmark 300th save Friday night in the Yankee 7-5 victory over the Devil rays. This only means one thing, his best days are behind him!
Kevin Brown is back in stripes after taking some time off for personal reasons that had nothing to do with his health. Any ideas what he was doing with the time off? He will start tonight against Mark Hendrickson in Tampa Bay. Game time is 6:15pm.
