Derek Jeter has a fractured ankle and is done

[LookitsPuck]

Boo freaking hoo. We played without our best hitter for September and our entire playoff picture. I don't feel bad for the Yankees one bit. Hope they get swept.

[CO Birdlover]

Boo freaking hoo. We played without our best hitter for September and our entire playoff picture. I don't feel bad for the Yankees one bit. Hope they get swept.

Oh my, I agree with this so much...like Jeter, but oh well! Get 'em, Tigers...just walk Ibanez going forward:cool:

[Col. Claypool]

I broke my foot in 5th grade, and then my other foot in 6th grade....

So what you're saying is, somebody administered me high doses of steroids from ages 0-10... Thank you for clarifying that for me.

Exact same thing happened to me in 5th and 6th grade. Damned Flintstones Vitamins.

Pardon the pun, but it is a tough break for Jeter. Playing through his original foot and leg injuries calls for at least of measure of respect. However, I don't feel the slightest bit sorry for him or his team. Fortune has smiled on them plenty already. The good news for their fans is that they now have a go to excuse should the Tigers get by them. I thought they would anyway, and their path probably just got a lot easier.

[CO Birdlover]

He's been hobbled for a few days now....might have thought about giving that ankle a rest, but without Capt. Yankee, the Yanks might have lost to the O's, IMHO; however, even with him, I think Detroit wins this series. Wish I could say I feel bad for them, but I don't... Go Tigers!

[simplysupreme]

Yeah no sympathy here. I do wish Jeter the best just not that team. If they lay down from this point on though that will make our series sting even more.

[bumblebee]

It's too bad Jeter broke his ankle....

...now, and not in game 1 of the O's series. It would have been karmic balancing for Nick. Lead off hitters, and most solid, consistent players on each team.

[HoustonOrioleFan]

No worries, the Yankees have just traded for Hanley Ramirez....they will pay him $15 million for the remainder of the season...Badabam badaboom.

[Can_of_corn]

That's probably going to affect his range at SS in the next three or four years.

What range?

[hallmt18]

stay classy, O's fans.

[The Wedge]

Yeah, see what happens when a player is a "gamer" and ignores the body? All of that hard running and planting after he fouled that ball off his ankle, way too much stress. I mean, part of me respects the guy for pushing through like that, but at some point you gotta let yourself heal. If he was ignoring (or masking, as hard as he was running against us) the pain, I lose that respect and any sympathy because you just ignored your body screaming at you.

[BrunoCherrytown]

I don't know how they're going to get by. First Mariano-now Jeter. Now they only have what like $168 million ish worth of players eligible?

Is ESPN flying the flags at half mast today?

[The Wedge]

I don't know how they're going to get by. First Mariano-now Jeter. Now they only have what like $168 million ish worth of players eligible?

Is ESPN flying the flags at half mast today?

Pretty much. The opening splash on ESPN.com is a shot of Jeter in pain on the ground and "Down and Out in New York." The headline should focus on the winning team, or at least mention them. MLB's splash is a great example, make a collage of everything with the Final Score at the top. That's some good thinking in a game full of stories.

[Witchy_Chick]

Karma for Markakis?

That was my thought as well.

I also wondered if Selig would "allow" a post-season trade so the Yankees can recover from this crushing blow.

/sarcasm

[Can_of_corn]

So calling out the trainer when the ball hit the bat handle is being a class act now?

[The Wedge]

More ridiculous posts. Wedge, you lost respect and sympathy for Jeter for playing through the pain and not listnening to his body? Oh brother! This has something to do with Jeter not moving to SS when Arod was acuired years ago? LOL

Jeters's been a great player and a class guy every step of the way. He fractured his ankel. He's out for the rest of the postseason. Eduardo Nunez for Derek Jeter is going to hurt the Yanks a lot, from the lost offense to shaky defense (on routine plays). Suzuki just moves to leadoff and he's been hitting well but the lineup is weakend overall. The Yanks take a double hit. The lose a game that would have been a devastating loss for Detroit and now lose Jeter. If the Tigers can win game 2, with Verlander ready to go for game 3, it would put the Yanks in a very tough spot.

Ridiculous because I actually respect Jeter enough to think his impact on the team can't be measured and that he shouldn't have possibly ignored obvious warning signs all post season to eventually end it all? Why of all the posts in this thread did you call ME about by name about it? At least I didn't revel in his pain. Jeez.