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Originally Posted by moon
Pretty much everyone who has dealt with him has said differently. He isn't the typical athlete and is a great community guy who is great with young fans.
Also, many players who played with him said he was a great leader.
I guess if you think leadership is overrated in general then I understand but not sure why Jeter's leadership in particular would be in question.
He is a great player who has played for great teams. He plays well when it counts and seems to come up big when his team needs him. He may not be an all-time great but he certainly is one of the top players of his era and deserving of every accolade that he gets.
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I'm just reading Joe torre's Yankee Years book and he agrees with you, moon. Apparently leadership by example guy, but would also speak up when things needed to be said. Torre also used his as a messanger as well - i.e. something needed to be said to a player, but it had to come from a player.
That said, I do think he is over-rated, a result of the whole NY thing. But it almost got to a point where it was in vogue to bash him, which made him almost a bit underrated if you will. But you can't deny, even though I'm not much of a fan, that this year he has made a "come back" of sorts if you will. Apparently he worked hard over the winter on his range.