Blog Focus: Derek Jeter is SI's Sportsman of the Year
Derek Jeter's legacy as one of the greatest Yankees of all-time is cemented, but the awards still keep rolling in. Sports Illustrated just announced that Jeter will be their Sportsman of the Year. Now bloggers get to have their say:
Big League Stew: "So when you consider both the impact that intangibles can have on the award and Sports Illustrated's geographic location, it comes as a Big Apple-sized surprise that Derek Jeter — or any other Yankee for that matter — had never been named the Sportsman of the Year over the award's first 55 years. Not Roger Maris in 1961. Not Reggie Jackson in '77. Not Jeter, Mariano Rivera or any of their '98-'00 teammates."
Deadspin: "The Yankee Coxswain is your Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, because of his "dignity and elegance." Also? He's an excellent tipper and rarely kills hobos to wear their flesh."
Sparty and Friends: "The 3rd greatest team captain in the history of sports claimed another award this year, and it doesn’t include MVP. Derek Jeter transcends all of sports with being named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. Honestly, this award is almost as important as the Heisman. Why he truly won it? I have no clue. I heard Tiger was going to win it, but he is too controversial."
3:10 to Joba: "But is it more or less meaningless than that Gold Glove?! That's for you to decide. Jeter, who had a bonerific year, to be sure, becomes the first Yankee player ever to win the Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year Award." I would say this makes me love Lord Derek even more, but that would be impossible and it might tear a hole in the space-time continuum."
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