Baseball Digest names Derek Jeter 2006 Player of the Year

Hey now, don't single me out like that! I love it!!! I think it makes perfect sense. Jeter's #2 uniform, the way he throws his teammates under buses, I mean "Captains" his team, his fielding ability, his throwing arm, his quantifiable "tangibles", the cologne that even smells like crap... He's the PERFECT player for Baseball Digestion's Player of the Year.

their job is to sell copy. Best way to do that is to market the people most likely to be dumb enough to separate themselves from their money; unknowledgable fans, New Yorkers, stupid people, etc.; you know... Derek Jeter fans

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Manny, STFU, and you too tartan for plussing nonsense. Isn't it every magazines job to sell copy? If they are so effing yankee centric, how do you explain the fact that the last yankee to win the award was Ron Guidry? Get a grip.

Yes, I should get a grip, huh? STFU? Stiles is The Freeking Ultimate? Cool. Thanks!!!

Anon... log in (I know you can do it!) and you can minus all of these plusses. Join in, it's FUN!!!

Apparently I cannot according to you. After all, I come from NY and am one of the "stupid people" who separates myself from my money when I buy a magazine. And we all know it's only people in NY who buy magazines.

Well, Manny. He/she told you!

I didn't say people from New York were stupid, note the comma... I did say New Yorkers are dumb enough to separate themselves from their money... how much does an apartment go for in New York these days? Or parking? Whatever the amount, it's stupid.

You imply that new yorkers are unknowledgeable and stupid by saying, you know jeter fans.

You're not going to pay a high price for something if you can't afford it. That the housing market is priced such is indicative of that. Ever hear of supply and demand? It's a pretty basic economic concept.

People who can't afford the markte live in other markets, places like Arizona. It's doubtful those people could make it in NY...

Good one, thanks for proving my point. Not all New Yorkers are stupid, some are Mets fans instead.

Well if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. If you can make it in Arizona, well, I guess that means you're good at staring at barrel cacti.

That's great... quoting Liza Minelli.

Umm, quoting Fred Ebb actually. Another example of your south philly - southwest US ignorance. And you could not possibly be mocking Liza, could you?

You don't "quote" the writer, you "quote" the person who said it... or in this case screeched it. For instance everyone who would "quote" Jesus would have to say they're quoting King James' translators, eh? Do you quote George Bush or his speechwriters?

A lot of people say things or screech things. You can't be so daft to forget that Sinatra is probably more well known for singing the song than her or anyone else. But you're not a yankee fan I can understand why you don't know that. A lot of people sing the star spangled banner. Do you attribute it to all of them, or to F.S. Key.

Doth thou goeth o'er quotething the Star Spangled Banner?

Sinatra is famous for singing a bunch of songs he didn't write (like, ALL of the songs he sang). And Sinatra CHANGED the words to the song, but I guess you are so "daft" to not realize Liza sang the song in the movie NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Or you could CORRECTLY say Robert DiNero had as much to do with writing the song as Fred Ebb, since he was the one who told him to rewrite the original version.

But I don't know anything about New York, I live in Arizona...

ETA 5 minutes for Manny to provide at least 3 shady examples of how he really was a DJ, but can't do it anymore. After all, he's an expert in everything else.

Yeah... I've seen him (mannystyles.com. He spells his name stupidly.

I'm not a DJ, I am a musician and songwriter (want a CD?). He spins other's tunes, I craft my own. (I've also recieved e-mails from a guy who says I stole his Uncle's real name)

But I'm still the only "Clint Meatwood"...

Anon, there's one thing I am not: a bullshitter. I am as open and honest as they come. Almost to a fault. I have nothing to make up and nothing to deny. I'm big enough (egotistically and physically) and secure enough to be happy as I am. Nice try.

and I created the name "Manny Q. Stiles" because I am VERY GOOD at alot of things... duh!

That def isn't our Manny. That guy's a great DJ in NY. Manny can only hack it in Philly or 'Zona.

"Our Manny"?

I'm a wild beast. I can't be owned or tamed.

You use the word "hack" with such authority...

Your missing the point. This town would eat you alive.

And Arizona (or anywhere outside the shadow of a building) would eat you dead.

Nice try. I'm a stockbroker, I work with people from and in New York ALL DAY, I've been to New York many times and here I am; still doing fine. Surprise! I like New York and would probably make tons of money there; sitting in traffic, bitching about the crappy weather, stressing out. Money isn't everything, in fact it's low on my list of priorities.

Sorry, I prefer nice weather, happy people, wide roads and seeing 2 smoking hot, sunloving babes here for every cockroach there.

I would do fine anywhere. I am adaptable (many styles) I am well travelled, experienced in life and understand human nature. You should create your environment, not the other way around. New York is what you make of it. If you live life thinking New York is what makes you, I seriously pity you.

or would New York eat me alive because I can think for myself and speak with clarity? If you're the model for success in New York, maybe I should go take that town by storm.

AF, you should really create a user name and log in. I think at this point a good way to go with your UN would be.... "Touche"

Yeah, so what. You don't work on wall street and probably not for a big firm. If that's indeed the case, then I can surely doubt that you could do well here, simply because you HAVEN'T. If there is one thing that you can at least see, if not agree, is that menatality. You are A-Rod. Might be a big fish in AZ but until you ACTUALLY come work on wall st for Goldman or one of the big boys AND be hugely successful, why can I can I not doubt that you could.

You sir have just confirmed that you are an idiot. I do indeed work for one of the VERY largest firms (in the world, not just New York), not that size matters all that much. With my qualifications I could go work on the floor of ANY exchange tomorrow.

The fact that you think the financial world centers around Wall St. tickles me to no end. Go watch your CNBC and get back at me when you get a clue (here's a hint - turn off CNBC)

I take your A-Rod comment as a wonderful compliment, I must be a hall of famer in your midst.

No sir, you are proving my point. You say you could work on the 'floor of any exchange' buy you don't. By any exchange you say you can work for every exchange. And I could disagree, merely, simply and only because of the fact that you haven't worked for any and every exchange. Or are you saying you have. If you are saying that you have, then I apologize. If you are saying that you haven't, but you could, I could give a rats ass about what your frickin resume looks like from working in Philly and in AZ. I could disagree, plain and simple, pal and I would have a great case just becuase of that.

You really have no idea who I am. If you met me, you'd like me. EVERYONE does. I seriously cannot list a single enemy I've ever had. There's a list a mile long of people who misunderstood me or thought I am crazy, but I don't know any of those people.

Look, I've been doing this almost 9 years. I don't want to live or work in New York. It has NOTHING to do with whether I could "hack it". I lived in North Philadelphia for 3 years, I could live anywhere!

I moved to Arizona for very specific reasons. It's BEAUTIFUL out here, all the time. I love the American West, I love to travel and I would get VERY bored living/working in Manhattan and wearing a suit everyday. If my wife would agree to it, we'd move to Montana and live on the side of a mountain and watch the sun cross the sky every day. Can't do that in New York.

I am not my job, my job does not define me. I am a daddy, a husband, a musician/songwriter/recording artist (I have a recording sudio IN my house), an artist of various mediums, a spiritual consultant (yes, I am ordained; I also do pet funerals, seriously), a kickass fire-roasted salsa maker, an animal enthusiast, a writer (of various forms, not just sports), an aquarium enthusiast, hell I am even a botanist before I would call myself a stockbroker. My profession is a high paying hobby that merely enables me to do my REAL job, life.

YOU could work on any exchange floor NYSE, PHL, PSE, even CBOE. Go pass your Series 7 license test. Start trading, have fun. All of which has NOTHING to do with sports.

I'm done with you... I'm not going to get into a pissing contest with you. Besides, I already have a 9 inch head start.

9 inches, you must be the big unit then. Supposedly great, but actually sucked in NY, and high tailed it back to Arizona where everything is safer. Just like the big unit. Or a-rod.