{"id":1134,"date":"2008-02-17T08:12:14","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T13:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/02\/17\/confirmed-jeter-is-not-a-defensive-wiz\/"},"modified":"2008-02-17T08:12:14","modified_gmt":"2008-02-17T13:12:14","slug":"confirmed-jeter-is-not-a-defensive-wiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/02\/17\/confirmed-jeter-is-not-a-defensive-wiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed.  Jeter is not a defensive wiz."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baseball fans that love going into the numbers have long contended that Jeter is overrated as a defensive shortstop.  I have seen a number of articles over the years that draw this conclusion, but today was the first time I had seen something in the paper.  I found this gem in the local paper and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/02162008\/sports\/yankees\/study_claims_jeter_is_worst_fielding_sho_97934.htm\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/02162008\/sports\/yankees\/study_claims_jeter_is_worst_fielding_sho_97934.htm', 'NY Post');\" target=\"new\">NY Post<\/a> link for good measure:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cUsing a complex statistical method, researchers concluded that one of the worst at shortstop is A-Rod\u2019s teammate, three-time Gold Glove winner Derek Jeter.  The findings were presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.\u201d[Source:  Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Feb 17, AP]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There you have it; Jeter is not the best shortstop to play the game.  Shocking as it may be, it will be difficult for Yankee fans to accept.<\/p>\n<p>Nice way to start a Sunday!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baseball fans that love going into the numbers have long contended that Jeter is overrated as a defensive shortstop. I have seen a number of articles over the years that draw this conclusion, but today was the first time I had seen something in the paper. I found this gem in the local paper and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/02\/17\/confirmed-jeter-is-not-a-defensive-wiz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Confirmed.  Jeter is not a defensive wiz.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}