JOBA FEST '08

[Spider John]

I had started to start a thread about the extremely breaking news on the glorious Jeter. I understand why Yankees and/or Boston merit the attention they get, but do you think they would even NOTICE if AP moved into 3rd place on the Card's all-time list or any other team's list, with the exception of the Red Sox.

OTOH, he does trail only Ruth and Gehrig.

[Hudler]

Same sentiment, different player.

ESPN just had an "MLB Update" take over the bottom line for a couple minutes. The breaking news? Derek Jeter had singled, that moved him into THIRD all time in hits for the Yankees.

I'm not sure if this stuff makes me angrier at ESPN, or FSN for not doing more to take over Sportscenter with it's superior Final Score.

in ESPNland,third all time in hits for the Yankees would make him third on the all time greatest human being list.

[Cronos]

Really it isn't so much an East-coast bias, it's a Yankees-Sawx bias. And yes, I know, they're pandering to their biggest audience. But really it gets to the point where they begin to alienate fans of the other 28 ML teams.

And yet the stupid thing is: they don't care.

[GatewaySnayke]

I think the amount of coverage on this kid is ridiculous. And it's not warranted.

This whole thing doesn't bother me as much as what Wilbon said on PTI the other day. He said that RBI's are the most important stats, not that stupid created slugging percentage -- IT'S R! B! i'S! That's why Josh Hamilton is more impressive than Chase Utley.

And I can't figure out which is more aggravating. That people think RBI's are a signficant stat or that nobody is paying attention to the fact that 16 of Utley's 21 home runs have come in Philadelphia.

If the media wants a loveable white guy, why not Lance Berkman? The man has a SEVEN FORTY-FIVE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE.