Posted by MikeT23 on 4/10/2015 1:13:00 PM (view original):
Not at all. I'm suggesting he was the one constant, the face of the franchise that came back from dead to be the biggest thing going in baseball. I agree that Joe D was the better player. But that's not the poll. It's "most impactful".
As for Canseco, I'm almost positive he introduced 'roids to MLB. If you don't think they had a huge impact on baseball, I'm not sure where to take this exchange.
The one constant other than Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Mariano, and Pettitte?
I mean, come on. If you want to talk about impact on the game, or even the team, write in Rivera. I can see that. He changed the way the game was played, both in terms of the sport and the team. Jeter's not the guy who turned the Yankees around. That was the Boss. I don't even think it's debatable. They had a better record in '94, before Jeter showed up, than they did for his first 3 seasons, or all but a handful of the rest of them. He joined a good team and, as far as winning% goes, he didn't really make it better.
I just want you to come clean here. You didn't vote for Jeter for some bullshit reason based on the definition of the word "impact." You voted for him because of your intense man-love for him, and maybe the "impact" he had on your personal relationship with the sport. And then you picked the next 3 best guys, not thinking about "impact."