If you take off the homer glasses, it's a very interesting question... Chipper versus Jeter: Who ya like? Great hypothetical question regarding if you were starting a team in 1995, who would you build around... http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/43936/chipper-versus-jeter-who-ya-like?ex_cid=espnapi_public
id take Chipper and the switch hitting feature and the additional power...also not that it should play a big affect but Jeter had a 22 million dollar payroll hit while Chipper topped out at 16 million giving me payroll flexiability to get others
...unlike Jeter, Chipper plays a position better know for power so it's no surprise he has a higher OPS...as far as payroll I thinks it's safe to say that if Chipper played his entire career as a Yankee his total earning would have eclipsed Jeter's...Atlanta is not exactly known for giving out huge contracts.
perhaps..but he didn't hold his team up for a ransom...never heard of Chipper being out on the free market, unlike Jete's and pay me what im "worth" yes his salary was paid for 10 fold for the amount of success his teams had. but he was not the sole reason. Not to dimmish Derek Sanderson Jeter but to start a team id take Larry.
..."Larry" never played in NY... And Jeter never played in Atlanta and he never held his team for ransom... you cannot assume both careers would have been the same playing for different teams...it's like trying to prove a negative. ...if the DiMaggio/Williams trade had actually gone through, who know what Joe would have done at Fenway and what Ted may have done at YS...we'll never know.
^^^...not to mention he was f'n around on his wife and got some Hooters girl pregnant. ...and have you ever notice when he does an interview, he alway looks and acts like he just "burned one"?
You asked who I would rather take...im giving my reasons..Arod got a lot of grief when he said teams don't fear Jeter compared to the rest of the lineup. I would take the switching hitting power hitting third baseman over the right handed hitting shortstop
Well when they thaw Ted out, I say we draft his head. Sorry, an incredible productive shortstop is more rare than a power hitting 3B, switch hitting or not. But then I'm from the school you can build a team around C, SS, CF and Closer. Oh wait...the yanks did that in the 90s, I knew I've seen that formula before.
...no, I didn't ask you anything... and while you pointed to power numbers, I pointed out that Chipper played a completely different position that was known more for power numbers than the SS position...you might as well compare a catcher's offensive numbers to a 1Bman's...apples/oranges ....and using ARod's opinion on anything is laughable...you might as well ask Donald Duck what he thinks.
Your right you didnt ask...but hammer did..he asked for an opinion People have Yankee glasses on..jeter wasn't even the best as in the American league with a rod and nomar playing ss. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
...sorry, but unless I'm wrong, ARod and Nomar were not part of the OP's equation, no?...but thanx for staying on topic.
I would take Jeter for several reasons. When you can play a middle infield position at the level he has played it at and do it on the Big Stage of New York and conduct your personal and professional business without incident. Then I say it isn't even close. It's apples to oranges. Chipper was an unbelievable talent. A version of Eddie Murray, 3B style.
It had been said that was easier to find a power hitting 3b man than a shortstop. I'm dating during his prime jeter was one of the best but not the best at his position. I asked what other such hitting 3b were there. It's all about the topic thank you very much. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
...what Totus said has nothing to do with what you and I are talking about, thank you very much. Try to remember who said what and try to keep things in their proper context...if you can't do that, we have nothing else to discuss. ...if you prefer Chipper, fine...but you incorrectly tried to justify your preference by interjecting both different salaries within completely different franchises as well as offensive production between the 3B position and the SS position and both errors were pointed out to you...sorry, but I don't see your argument as compelling at all.
How the hell am I not going to compare the two positions when the original question was who would you rather have. It was mentioned that someone woild take the hof ss as it is harder to find someone who put up those numbers. I said there were at least two others who out performed jeter at his ss position. I asked what other switching hitting power 3b was out there. So if I can compare the two by position than ill compare the player to others who play the same position. You mentioned me bringing salary into the discussion. Money plays a factor in starting up a team as well. Chopper at one time was a free agent and could have commanded the same if not more in salary and didn't. The highest salary was still 6 million less than jeter. Ill take that and find a decent 6 million dollar player to play ss. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
