Jeter the Cheater wants a 6-year deal...

[joeybee12]

That will make him 42...I know he's the face of Satan and all, but will they give in to that? Doesn't say that in this article...it was a blurb elsewehere...but you can see his agent angling for it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5761615

NEW YORK -- Derek Jeter's agent has fired back at the Yankees, saying that Jeter's value to the Yankees "cannot be overstated."

Jeter's agent, Casey Close, made his statements Wednesday in response to the public posturing by the Yankees. Tuesday on 1050 ESPN New York, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said that the team wants Jeter back, but the team is running a business and negotiations could get "messy."

"While it is not our intent to negotiate the terms of Derek's free-agent contract in a public forum," Close told AOL FanHouse, "we do agree with Hal's and Brian 's recent comments that this contract is about business and winning championships. Clearly, baseball is a business, and Derek's impact on the sport's most valuable franchise cannot be overstated. Moreover, no athlete embodies the spirit of a champion more than Derek Jeter."

Before Steinbrenner made his comments, Cashman said that he did not believe in paying players for milestones and that winning is what puts fans in the seats. Jeter, 36, is coming off the worst statistical season of his career, having hit .270, which is more than 40 points less than his career average. If signed, Jeter likely will become the first Yankee with 3,000 hits. He has 2,926 hits thus far.

[Auggie]

1. Sounds like that 6 year number is speculation

[joeybee12]

3. It's what he'll probably ask for, I bet...A-Hole has a 10-year that will take him

until he's 42...Jeter hates A-Hole...probably wants to prove he can get the same deal.

[Auggie]

10. No team in their right mind would sign Jeter at that age

to a six year deal... not even the Yankees.

[joeybee12]

12. Wanna bet?

[Auggie]

15. You're on...

a six year deal. No options.

[joeybee12]

16. I get a six-year deal? Great!

:evilgrin:

[Auggie]

17. If (rather when) you lose, you must display THE Yankees logo

as your avatar for one week. That's the bet. If I lose (and that is unlikely) I will display the Red Sox logo or any other image of your choosing as my avatar for one week.

[TZ]

18. I WOULD PAY MONEY

to see Joey rockin the Yankee avatar for even one day! IF he does it, someone better PM me!!! :rofl: :evilgrin:

[joeybee12]

20. Can't do it...that would be damning my soul to eternal hellfire!!!

[joeybee12]

19. Sorry, that's against my religion...

what would we be betting on, anyway? That they give him a six year contract?

[Auggie]

21. That's what you're saying... the six year contract.

And I'll make it even easier... the sixth year can be an option. So the deal would be five years plus an option on year six. You are betting someone will sign Jeter for those terms -- six years, with or without the one-year option. I say not.

So instead of the Yankees logo you'll have to display the San Francisco Giants as your avatar for one week if you lose. If you win (highly unlikely) I'll display that stinking Red Sox logo as my avatar for the same amount of time -- or any other image of your choosing.

I kept it easy for you... I could have asked for Chief Wahoo.

:)

[TZ]

22. I think you should make him wear the Nats logo

for a week, much more humbling than the World Champs logo....

[Auggie]

23. I think Joey changed his mind...

Just as well... he would have lost.

[bluedigger]

2. Probably.

They'll have to check under the couch cushions.

[joeybee12]

4. Under their couch cushions they can probably find enough for a 10-year deal...

well, go ahead and spend it, as long as you don't win it all, I don't care what the Spankmes do with their money.

[madinmaryland]

5. Kind of funny watching the Yankee$ go through with Jeter what they

have put many other clubs through.

Too funny!

[MadBadger]

6. No David Ortiz Fan should be calling anybody else a cheater

[joeybee12]

7. Jeter the Cheater...

I repeat, Jeter the Cheater...

[KamaAina]

8. Okay. I get it. "Jeter" rhymes with "cheater".

But have you heard anything that would suggest that Jeter is actually a cheater? I mean, c'mon, even diehard Sox fan Will Pitt gives Jeter his props.

[TZ]

9. He's refering to the incident where Jeter pretended to be hit by a pitch

and admitted later he wasn't. So technically Jeter did cheat there but alot of players do that stuff, I know. :eyes:

[joeybee12]

11. He's a cheater AND a bad actor...n/t

[KamaAina]

13. Oh, right.

I just thought that was good, savvy baseball, as opposed to, say, slathering your bat with pine tar or your body with "the clear".

[joeybee12]

14. Naw, not arguing a call that goes in your favor is savvy baseball...

giving a hammy, cheesey performance and rubbing your arm and saying "Owie!" is something completely different.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Do You Actually Watch Baseball?

Doesn't seem like it. Or maybe you started watching this year.

This kind of stuff is part of baseball history, and has been done for 100 years.

Try to catch up.
GAC

[HuckleB]

25. Send him to the Giants, so we can see if he'll grow a beard.