Sluggo: As a die-hard RED SOX FAN...THIS is KILLING ME! I HATE IT!
Nancy: That they STUNK so bad this year?
Sluggo: That I wound up LIKING DEREK JETER.
Derek Jeter has been an all-star shortstop for the New York Yankees for years. The Yankees are the Red Sox’s biggest rivals. Jeter has retired at the end of this season.
He’s also one of the few “elite” athletes who has a reputation for being a pretty respectable guy and a decent role-model.
Well, I thought it was a cute punch line. I’m surprised that are people who don’t know who he is. Although I’ve been a Yankees nut for about 60 years, I’m sure that I would know about him even if I didn’t know much about baseball.
.Now, when he references those country singers, he often has me stumped. But some people (like Jeter as well as some country performers) are known beyond fandom. They cross over into “news.”
As a Red Sox fan it soooo hard to like any Yankee, but Jeter and mighty Mo Rivera were two of the classiest Yankees ever! And they also currently have the best manager in the major leagues! How he ever brought those injury and controversy riddled teams of the last two years into winning records and contention is incredible!
daedalusomega about 10 years ago
Isn’t the punchline supposed to be one all of us, or at least most of us, understand? Apparently… not.
Russell Sketchley Premium Member about 10 years ago
Derek Jeter has been an all-star shortstop for the New York Yankees for years. The Yankees are the Red Sox’s biggest rivals. Jeter has retired at the end of this season.
He’s also one of the few “elite” athletes who has a reputation for being a pretty respectable guy and a decent role-model.
loner34 about 10 years ago
I liked (and still like) Jeter BUT I thought his one year grandstand was quite self agrandizing.
jrankin1959 about 10 years ago
Kind of like if Steelers fans actually took a shine to Johnny Manziel…
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
@yardlet6I thought they were cheering him because it was his last game.
MJ Premium Member about 10 years ago
Well, I thought it was a cute punch line. I’m surprised that are people who don’t know who he is. Although I’ve been a Yankees nut for about 60 years, I’m sure that I would know about him even if I didn’t know much about baseball.
.Now, when he references those country singers, he often has me stumped. But some people (like Jeter as well as some country performers) are known beyond fandom. They cross over into “news.”
bookworm0812 about 10 years ago
That’s OK, Sluggo! I’m a Red Sox fan like you, and I like Jeter too! Know why? Because he’s retired now and won’t be playing anymore!
les nessman about 10 years ago
Go Orioles!!
The Fly Hunter about 10 years ago
As a Red Sox fan it soooo hard to like any Yankee, but Jeter and mighty Mo Rivera were two of the classiest Yankees ever! And they also currently have the best manager in the major leagues! How he ever brought those injury and controversy riddled teams of the last two years into winning records and contention is incredible!
Mary McNeil Premium Member about 10 years ago
As a diehard Indians fan, I know how ya feel, Sluggo!
kaffekup about 10 years ago
Go, Orioles – home. It’s KC’s turn. What’s it been, 30+ years?
DRMFeint over 5 years ago
Yankees for life! (Or Royals)