Derek Jeter Down: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Yankees

Captain Goes Down

Derek Jeter’s bad break deserves fans’ sympathy, writes David Roth—but it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving organization.

Published Oct. 15 2012 4:45AM EDT

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There are the New York Yankees as a baseball team, and then there are the New York Yankees as an idea. In the first sense, Derek Jeter—an excellent ballplayer on a quite good team—undoubtedly deserves sympathy for the broken ankle he suffered Saturday that ended

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Derek Jeter Down: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Yankees

Derek Jeter’s bad break deserves fans’ sympathy, writes David Roth—but it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving organization.

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