Costas Was Excellent With Torre

A couple of things to say out front.

I’m just a loudmouth with a blog and a laptop. I was just as guilty of Torre outrage as anyone else when I first heard the book, and wrote about it on metspolice.com several times.

I also haven’t actually read the book. I’ve ordered it from Amazon and hope it’s waiting for me at home. Yes I could have gone to the bookstore but I’m lazy and have a job other this blog that draws nearly four million dollars in revenue every month.

So I’m guilty of all that.

Joe Torre spoke with Bob Costas on the MLB cable network last night. I thought both Joe and Bob were excellent.

Some things that drew my attention:

Joe mentioned that A-Rod is way more talented than Jeter. My initial reaction was that of a typical New Yorker. The hairs on my back went up and I was thinking, “Yo, don’t diss Jeter!”

Then I thought about it. Joe is right. Alex is way more talented.

Jeter is one of those ballplayers you will have to have seen. I always tell the “kids” I work with that they don’t understand how the game has changed. Look at Dale Murphy’s MVP numbers some time. Half the time, Manny Ramirez has those numbers on June 1st. I will need to explain to my kids how good Jeter was, because his numbers won’t tell the story (other than a likely 3,000 hits and 4 rings – not too shabby). Jeter is clutch. Jeter makes the flip play when you need the flip play. He’s always in the right place at the right time….but A-Rod has more talent.