Baseball is a game of runs, not hits - (7/6/06)

No, not enough said. Do you expect Cashman to put together a team of Brosius, Leyritz, Charlie Hayes, David weathers, Graeme lloyd? Guess what, you don't make the postseason. You bring up throws that jeter made, or when Jeremy Giambi decided not to slide, but Arod's doubles, home runs, rbi's make up for that and more that Jeter's flip plays. Jeter is a very good player, plays every day, plays hard. great baserunner, good average hitter. But don't tell me he's the best player in the league. That's a joke. What is batting average if you don't drive in runs and score runs? Baseball is a game of runs. If Jeter hit .434 this year, shattering Ted Williams record, but drives in 75 runs and scores 110, is he more valuable than Manny Ramirez, Guerrero, Ortiz, Arod, Giambi who drive in 130, but hit .290? Of course not. He's a good player, but a singles hitter. You keep bringing up rings, and those teams were great. The Yankee teams were great, but that was 2000, what is Jeter waiting for? If he "turns it on" tell him to turn it on, hit 2 doubles, a HR, drive in 5, and take over (like Arod did last night), but, Joe .....he can't do that, he doesn't have gamebreaking talent. Why can't Jeter have the year like he had in 1998? The era of juiced balls, watered down pitching, and expansion, Jeter can't even get to 40 doubles or 20 homers. He's good, but not great. You are not allowed to criticze him, but Arod (who will break Aaron's, record, possibly the best player of all time) gets booed. I dont get it. Joe, what has Jeter's slugging percentage declined every year since 1998? You will reply: Jeter's number don't matter....but I ask, why not?