Friday, May 10, 2013

Jeterian

From an article suggesting Jeter should retire:
Jeter has pulled off the impossible exacta of evoking hero worship without sharing himself with the very people who worship him. If observed objectively, there is absolutely no intimacy between Jeter and his fans.

The relationship is entirely corporate to him, his polished persona never smeared in years of using New York City as his personal wonderland. He is, off the diamond, the most boring star every to flash across Broadway’s sky. For all of A-Rod’s foibles, there is a vulnerability to him that at least reminds you he’s human.
I've long said that Jeter is JFK to A-rod's RFK:
I love Jeter.  We all do.  He's the Yankee of our lifetimes.  But I have no desire to read about him.  He is JFK to A-Rod's RFK: the more you read about Jeter the less interesting he is, while A-Rod has layer after layer of odd complexity that can be fascinating, whether you like him or not.  If it weren't for Jeter acting like a sniveling sixth-grade girl because of a comment A-Rod made (and then apologized profusely for), there would truly be nothing interesting about Jeter as a guy.

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