As to the belief that Jeter should have been publicly defending Torre before it all went down—how does anyone know that he didn’t do so behind the scenes? It doesn’t have to be in print to have happened. Jeter may have figured that making a public statement supporting Torre would make things tougher for the next manager, ie. the press asking the new guy about Jeter.

Since this was a private meeting of 10-12 people, there is more to this story than any of us can know or will ever know, hence all the rumors and public relations cleanup since it happened.

Did anyone expect Jeter, Posada or Mo to jump off a bridge because Torre left ? Did anyone expect them to not play for the Yankees as long as their money was there ? If the money is there and the contract length is right, they will be back. They weren’t going to burn bridges in lieu of their careers to back Torre to the hilt either. It was and still is very possible for these players, other than Jeter who still has a contract, to go elsewhere and then where would this team be ? Some people make me laugh.

In case some of the sooth sayers think a newspaper reporter doesn’t give their own opinion in their statements is just reading the words and skiping the meanings behind them. Who wants to read just the facts of issue’s with no insight from the reporter ? The whole concept in reading is to relate to what the reporter is saying. If those of you who don’t like Peter’s slant on things, why do you bother to read what he says ? Just need another soul to bash on the faceless internet ? Ungracious fools who need to think they are someone, when in fact they aren’t worth the time to listen to, should just go elsewhere.

No one here appreciates the BS you are spewing. It’s neither fun to read or worth reading. I’m sure I will now be castrated for enjoying Peter’s Blog and column’s. It is still the fastest Yankee news on the net. Thank you Peter.

Did anyone expect Jeter, Posada or Mo to jump off a bridge because Torre left ? Did anyone expect them to not play for the Yankees as long as their money was there ? If the money is there and the contract length is right, they will be back. They weren’t going to burn bridges in lieu of their careers to back Torre to the hilt either. It was and still is very possible for these players, other than Jeter who still has a contract, to go elsewhere and then where would this team be ? Some people make me laugh.

In case some of the sooth sayers think a newspaper reporter doesn’t give their own opinion in their statements is just reading the words and skiping the meanings behind them. Who wants to read just the facts of issue’s with no insight from the reporter ? The whole concept in reading is to relate to what the reporter is saying. If those of you who don’t like Peter’s slant on things, why do you bother to read what he says ? Just need another soul to bash on the faceless internet ? Ungracious fools who need to think they are someone, when in fact they aren’t worth the time to listen to, should just go elsewhere.

No one here appreciates the BS you are spewing. It’s neither fun to read or worth reading. I’m sure I will now be castrated for enjoying Peter’s Blog and column’s. It is still the fastest Yankee news on the net.

Me neither, not for a second. There were report and pictures of Jeter clubbing in LA and surrounded by women last Thurs and Friday over on the Yankees mlb msg board. I don’t think he was waiting, sounds like he was just busy.

OT – they need to stop airing that Clemens Verizon ad.

If that was the case, Jeter coulda released this statement on on Sunday or at the latest Monday.

This has day-late feel of sneaker-salesmanship written all over it.