So I was bored after lunch today while waiting for a meeting, and I started doing some stats comparisons. (I work in marketing, numbers and spreadsheets are my life, shut up.) So let's look at some numbers here:
And yet, Yount retired without any fanfare whatsoever, while Jeter's retirement tour is being played up as something that needs to be remembered, as though it's a time in history like the Kennedy assassinations or the Moon landing.
Just a fun little comparison that came to mind after I got sick of the latest "O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN" circlejerk on Facebook I saw.
Well Jeter does play in the Big Apple and you can't dispute his postseason success. Although most players don't get to reach the postseason 16 times, especially the ones pre-Wild Card.