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And people wonder how people can say Derek Jeter is overrated.

Here's the facts. Derek Jeter is a pretty damn good ballplayer who seems to give it everything he has.

He has never been the best player in the league.

He has never been the best player at his position.

He currently isn't the best player at his position on his team.

Better than Mantle? By the time Mantle was Jeter's age, he had over 400 home runs. Jeter has 169. Not that homers are everything, but christ almighty the comparison is absurd.

Even if Jeter were a good fielder--which he isn't--he would have to be astonishingly better than Mantle who was pretty damn good himself.

Basically, to overcome the offensive disparity Jeter would have to cover the entire left half of the diamond leaving the three other infielders AND the three other outfielders to cover the right half.

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You are really covering some groundbreaking stuff here.

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I was venting.