derek jeter

New York Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter has been placed on the disabled list again and, according to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, the trip to the DL will "effectively end his season."

Derek Jeter is set to return yet again to the Yankees, this time tonight in Toronto.

The New York Yankees' season has been filled with everything and anything on and off the field, so much so that the 1970's Bronx Zoo seems like not even a soap opera. The Boss vs. Billy with Reggie in-between and Thurman Munson and Jackson going at each other...

By best catch, we don't mean ball in glove.  We mean hot chicks.  Derek Jeter gets them, like he gets October hits.  From Jessica Alba (pictured above from the backside, you're welcome) to the apparent new fiance Hannah Davis (Jeter and Davis were spotted in Manhattan walking back from a Starbucks and Davis had a ring on (yea, four less than DJ), Jeter has had them all...

The Yankee captain, Derek Jeter, who has those 3,000-plus hits and five World Series rings has apparently dished out a ring of his own to his smoking-hot 23-year old junior girlfriend.

Derek Jeter went on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and joked about a few things and had some new baseball songs introduced for him.  For the most part, DJ was calm and funny in a low key way.  Fallon acted like a tool as always.  Did you miss it...

There are so many fantasy scenarios going on with the Yankees it isn't even funny.  It's turned into "Dreamland" in the Bronx.  They aren't just playing baseball, and bad baseball at that.  They are giving people around the game the idea that things are getting better or that a scenario is going to play out soon when it has no chance.   Here are some examples.

Just having the nonsense with Alex Rodriguez would be enough to tarnish a season for the New York Yankees, even one in which they made the playoffs and fought for the American League flag.  But on top of that you have so many other things that have gone wrong.

In a quirky two-game series in Los Angeles, the Yanks lost game one 3-2 thanks to a Mark Ellis walk-off hit off Shawn Kelley in the 9th inning, scoring Andre Either.

The captain has returned, which is good for the Yanks.  But for baseball, it is even better.  Ratings are down, as is attendance, and the Yanks didn't have a face for the lovers and haters of the team to relate to or for those same people to go to the ballpark and see.  Now they do.

The fact that the Yankees find themselves only 2.5 games out of the final wildcard spot is a tribute to Manager Joe Girardi's ability to maneuver a bullpen and  starting pitching that has been consistent if not special. However as they try and plug holes in their lineup, the Yankees starting pitching is showing signs of not holding up...

The New York Yankees are desperately trying to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays today, and will have some help in the services of their captain. Derek Jeter makes his return to the Yankees lineup today, where he will bat second and play shortstop.