9. "Will he go down in history as a SS?" In response to Reply # 7
Obviously he started and had some of his best years there, but in 2004 he moved to 3B, that's a long time ago. Not to mention most peoples memories of him will be as a Yankee.
This is more hypothetical than anything, but do you still think of him as a SS and not 3B?
If he hadn't gotten suspended, he'd probably have ended up with more games at 3B than SS. But it looks like he's basically a DH from here on out. But he won 2 MVPs at SS, played 200 more games there than Ernie Banks (who gets remembered as a SS). I think the combination of his playing prime and the fact he will likely end up with more games at SS than 3B will play that out.
Probably would have helped had he hit 2 more HR at the position as he currently as 344 HR and Cal has the all-time record with 345. On a related note, he's only 32 home runs behind Graig Nettles for the all-time AL 3B mark.
My ultimate hope is that somehow history reflects on him deferring to Jeter at SS as a selfless act and the entire narrative on that era is flipped in 20 years. Seems like a long shot.
12. "I think so and I think of him that way" In response to Reply # 9
Frankly I think many of those years he spent at third base should have been spent at short but they had Jeter and couldn't move him to second base if they wanted to because of other guys (Soriano, Cano, et al).
I agree with Call It Anything's assessment for the most part. Interesting to see *how* he is argued one way or the other regarding the top ten. From a production and consistency standpoint, he has been awesome. He came up small in some big spots and people generally disliked him. Those are two things that always hurt your legacy and usually to an unfair extent.
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