tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post1090946299887649498..comments2024-03-24T03:26:59.588-04:00Comments on Uncle Mike's Musings: A Yankees Blog and More: How to Be a Yankee Fan In Baltimore - 2012 EditionUncle Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-86620568847222756042012-04-11T19:16:34.238-04:002012-04-11T19:16:34.238-04:00Cole, you know nothing about how shortstop is play...Cole, you know nothing about how shortstop is played. Jeter has always been a better shortstop than Ripken. He made, and still makes, plays that Ripken never dreamed of. And don't tell me Ozzie Smith was great. He was exactly what boneheads like you think Jeter has been: A guy who makes the hard plays look easy, and the easy plays look hard. The old Oriole shortstop, Mark Belanger, would have been a better comparison -- to Jeter's glove and to Ozzie's bat (1985 NLCS to the contrary).<br /><br />Brian: I agree with you on BoltBus, but it fills up rather quickly. But Fells Point isn't really a Greenwich Village. A fairer comparison would be to Boston's North End, including the Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market complex. And not just because it's each city's "Little Italy."<br /><br />But you're wrong on the Derek/Cal comparison as well. I cited a hell of a lot more than lifetime batting average. OPS measures on-base percentage and slugging; OPS+ measures it in relation to the rest of the league at that time. Even with hitting far home runs -- and (in the 2nd half of his career, certainly Memorial Stadium wasn't) in a park much friendlier to a righthanded hitter (as both were), Jeter still had a higher lifetime slugging percentage. He's a better hitter AND a better slugger than Ripken was.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-72252421777596565982012-04-09T12:55:58.054-04:002012-04-09T12:55:58.054-04:00First, the Goddess is very much a strip club. Sec...First, the Goddess is very much a strip club. Second, if you do take a train to Penn Station or the Bolt Bus (which drops off next to Penn Station) there is a free bus down St. Paul that goes to Camden Yards called the Charm City Circulator, Google it for more info.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436263775148441571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-20229688057956830122012-04-09T10:51:42.503-04:002012-04-09T10:51:42.503-04:002 MVPs vs. 0. 90 career WAR (best season 110 vers...2 MVPs vs. 0. 90 career WAR (best season 110 versus 70 career WAR ( best season 8). Miles and miles better defensively. 400+ HR vs. 230ish? Jeter won titles playing with elite teams whereas Cal played on maybe 6 good teams his whole career. You Yankee fans over romanticize Jeter because he hit a few clutch home runs in some playoff games, but it's not close -- Cal was the MUCH better overall player in his career and citing things like "lifetime batting average" does very little for your agument.<br /><br />Other than that good write-up for an outsider, lol. I'd recommend Bolt Bus over Greyhound and Fells Point is much more like a Greenwich Village than Federal Hill.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299177677256605427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-51768495877492474292012-04-09T10:35:40.231-04:002012-04-09T10:35:40.231-04:00You fail to mention how terrible Jeter has been de...You fail to mention how terrible Jeter has been defensively throughout his career. Ripken is commonly known as one of the best defensive shortstops in history, right up there with Ozzie Smith. Jeter on the other hand is seen by fans as one of the worst and overrated shortsstops of all time.<br /><br />Offensively Jeter has probably been the better hitter, but as an overall player Ripken still has him by a good amount. Ripken 99.7 fwar, Jeter 74.4 fwar.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986883493894083257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-53504799996223646282012-04-09T09:16:46.223-04:002012-04-09T09:16:46.223-04:00No, Jeter has said many times that his idol was Da...No, Jeter has said many times that his idol was Dave Winfield. You really want to compared?<br /><br />Lifetime batting averages: Jeter .313, Ripken .276. On-base percentage, Jeter .383, Ripken .340. Slugging, Jeter .449, Ripken .447. OPS, Jeter .831, Ripken .788. OPS+, Jeter 117, Ripken 112. And at age 37 (as Jeter was last year), Jeter batted .297, Ripken batted .270. Little-known fact, Ripken is the all-time leader in grounding into double plays, 350 -- for the moment, over 100 more than Jeter. And Ripken helped his team reach the postseason 3 times. Jeter did that before he turned 26. There is no comparison.<br /><br />Face it: Based on performance, Mr. Baltimore Oriole is still Brooks Robinson. I'd say he beats Ripken by a hair, but Ripken doesn't have any hair.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889333447515035362.post-28196821892760511772012-04-08T13:35:25.616-04:002012-04-08T13:35:25.616-04:00Overrated...Jeter anyone? Ripken was his idol, aft...Overrated...Jeter anyone? Ripken was his idol, after all. But what else would you expect from a Yankee twat blogger.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323090192812734576noreply@blogger.com