I love to scream at amazing shit in that category.

There was a serious side-by-side w/ Nomar feeble on the bench vs. Jeter's stands sacrifice.

Wow, I actually felt bad for Manny for a sec. after that Flaherty shot.

Do we have an Stan's reaction shots???

so pissed i missed this. i was able to see the 12th & 13th at sutton place with a vendor, and now i'm catching up with the replay on YES. and i'm still diggin' sheff's 10 pitch ab from last night, too.

Was gonna mention Nomar sitting on the bench, having a good view of Jeter going all out. But that's a cheap shot. Giambi sat out, too, and clearly he was able to swing a bat, albeit not well.

Oh, and at times like these, you have to see what the other side's reactions are.

If you've never seen the ultra-popular Boston Dirt Dogs site, it's a mix between the National Enquirer and a suicide prevention hotline:

http://www.bostondirtdogs.com/

Some notes from Dan Shaugnessy of the Boston Globe:

* "This is Boston vs. New York. You can chant 'Yankees Suck' all you want. At the end of the day, New York answers with '1918' and the Yankees win in the clutch."

* "It was a night when the Sox failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs in the 11th. It was a night when they failed to score with runners on first and third and one out in the 12th. It was a night when Kevin Millar played first base, third base, and right field in that same inning."

* "Since Pedro came to Boston in 1998, the Red Sox are 12-17 when he starts against the Yankees (including postseason)."

* "Boston's best bet is another one of those nifty, champagne-drenched wild-card celebrations in late September or early October.

In the meantime, the Sox are safe in their hotel in Atlanta by now — far away from the horrors of the Bronx. The Lost Boys will try to get back on track this weekend against the now-mediocre Braves.

Nomar said he'll be ready to play tonight."

And another reason for us Jeter haters to curse the man's name even more; I hear word is he's dating Jessica Alba.

P.S.-I'm just jealous. Props to the man for being so good at what he does on the most successful team in MLB. Pity my poor O's.

I just can't win Paul!
I'm a Sox fan and a Dolphins fan, yet the Pats and Marlins have each won 2 championships since 97'
seriously, I think I'M the one with the curse -
oh well, at least I still have UCONN!
anyway, a few observations from the game -
Jeter will be a hall of famer because of catches like last night,
if I were a Yankees fan, i would really start to worry about Giambi, there is more to this story than is being told
Theo needs to get on the phone RIGHT NOW with the D-Backs and get RJ
Nomar - not even a pinch hit at bat? what gives?

Mike, that's funny stuff, rooting for the wrong teams in the right cities.

More on your comment:

* Jeter is a Hall of Famer, no question. He doesn't have a ton of top-10 finishes among offensive categories, but Phil Rizzuto is in, for god's sake. I can't think of anyone who better leads by example. He's just a model of what you hope pro sports can still be. No cell phones or Sharpies needed.

* I'm already worried about Giambi, though I don't question the diagnosis, since Brown apparently has the same thing. When we got Giambi, he was coming off what should have been his second straight AL MVP season(Ichiro won in instead). Now I don't even know where I'd rank him among Yanks if I needed a big hit. He's pretty bad in the field, too, but still a good OBP guy.

* A lot of speculation that Nomar will be dealt for a starting pitcher. Randy Johnson in Boston would kill me. Him and Schilling are two guys we've really had no luck with over the years. They scare me a ton more than Pedro and Lowe, that's for sure.

* Can you imagine the names if the Sox get the Unit and face the Yanks in the postseason? Johnson, Brown, Schilling, Mussina, Martinez, Vasquez, Ramirez, Rodriguez, Ortiz, Sheffield, Giambi, Jeter... my god.

I'm almost afraid to go on dirts dogs today. Greatest site eva, though. Hopefully it won't be ruined when it makes it's big move to the boston.com fold.

Anyway, as I only saw from end of the bottom of the 12th on (though I will be rolling the tape at some point this weekend), I missed the Jeter catch. I saw a replay this morning. Holy moly, was that impressive. That is hustle (did you see how far he went to catch that?) and heart. And I've always thought the Jeter Sucks t-shirts were dumb and undignified. The people who were them are stupid and unworthy of memebership in Red Sox nation.

Did you notice how shallow Mannie Rameirez was playing on that last hit??? What was he thinking with 2 outs left???

how bloody unbelievable was that game!?!? man. thank god we won :) not that i doubted we would for a second.

Manny was obviously trying to cut off a dink that would've scored Cairo from second. Not sure if that's smart positioning on the "pull" side of a bad right-handed hitter.

If he'd been in better position, it would've been close, because that ball got to the wall quickly. I thought it was gone when it left the bat. I don't think Manny would've gotten it, really.

Hey Paul. I just got a new site for my Blog. Check it out. My first post at my new place was about Jeter's catch. I have to admit that that was one of the greatest hustle plays I've ever seen, and I see Torii rob home runs on a regular basis.

Bill Simmons chimes in with his take on the game:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/take/040702

Not much new there, except for touching on Francona pinch-running for Ortiz at third base, which I loved as a Yanks fan. It was almost like daring god to make him come up again.

And he called the Yanks fans who booed Jeter in April pinheads. I booed Jeter. I booed Bernie. I booed the whole f-ing team, along with 55,000 other people. I'd never heard so much booing in my life. We didn't want to, but we had to. I don't even know how to explain it. To do anything but would have been to patronize them. We weren't trying to run anyone out of town; nobody was calling for trades or saying anyone's career was done. It was almost a way to try to pick them up, acknowledging that they were playing like shit. I don't think a silent crowd would have been appropriate.

I stand by the thoughts of many about Jeter:
* superb team leader
* plays his heart out
* excellent at the plate
* /terrible/ in the field

If you're building a team around offense, he's the guy to take at SS... barring that schlep that NYY has at 3rd. If you're building a team on pitching and defense... I don't know.

/Dodger fan

It's becoming really annoying just how incredible a season you people are having. I mean, you were going to win anyway; we all knew that. So couldn't you just win normally and leave all the unbelievable come-from-behind wins to, say, the Cardinals or Twins or somebody?

Oh yeah! It was unbelievable catch that Jeter did! That game was true BASEBALL that I wanted to see!

--the O's fan

I'm sorry, but ESPN needs to quit creaming on itself over Derek Jeter? The catch he made against the Sox was a decent catch at best. It was, without question, incredible effort. More than you will see from 99% of professional athletes, but does it merit a top 10 Jeter plays of all-time? Give me a break.

Guys make great catches every night, and guys sometimes give the effort that Jeter gave, but neither will get the pub that Jeter got. EAST COAST BIAS LIVES!!!! :-)

Until next time, go Cardinals and go Sooners