Jeter HR

[sublime]

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lmao

[technologic]

that's why he's the captain.

[Matt Williams]

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Jeter just went upper deck right field. First righty I've ever seen do it.

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Jeter has done it before. I was at a game back in 97 or 98 and he hit a shot to the upper deck in right. I think he has more power than people realize. Tim Raines used to say that if Jeter ever became a patient hitter, he would hit 50 home runs.

[sublime]

Tim Raines used to say that if Jeter ever became a patient hitter, he would hit 50 home runs.

was he high at the time?

[technologic]

i don't think even yankee fans would believe that stat.

[Voltron87]

he could also pitch in relief if he wanted to

[battschr]

Could he heat a burrito so hot that even HE couldn't eat it?

[andyfox]

"Tim Raines used to say that if Jeter ever became a patient hitter, he would hit 50 home runs."

Well, he did walk 91 times one year and hit 24 home runs. And he was swinging the bat well, hitting .349.

30 maybe. Of the Yankees who hit 40, only Dimaggio was a right-handed hitter (and Mantle was a switch-hitter who hit most of his home runs left-handed).

[andyfox]

Was just reviewing his ESPN stat page, and the one that stood our most glaringly to me was:

2005 Salary: $19,600,000

What a country, huh?

[Matt Williams]

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Tim Raines used to say that if Jeter ever became a patient hitter, he would hit 50 home runs.

was he high at the time?

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No, not at all. He said the problem with Jeter was that as good as a hitter he is, he should be better. He said Jeter is too agressive for his own good and doesn't know how to work the count to his favor. He said if Jeter would learn to be patient, he would hit for more power but his BA would suffer. But he said that because Jeter loves to attack the ball and hit to right, he doesn't wait for hitters counts and get fastballs to pull. The reason I remember this interview by Raines is because it was on ESPN the day I won $500 in a scratch off ticket lottery.