Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: The interesting thing that I read this morning was that Jeter's HR last night was his 17th career home run in the postseason. To me, that proves that he comes through when the team needs him, and that goes a long way towards making the case for him to be the AL MVP.
This isn't a crack on Jeter, but rather the playoff system. He has the most hits (147 I believe) in the postseason. Why? Because there are more playoff games now in the era Jeter plays in than Ruth, Mantle, Ty Cobb, etc. There was no wild card until 1995, which is an extra 5 games. And if I'm not mistaken, the league championship series were shorter than they are now.
Having said all that still does not take away Jeter's accomplishments.
