So it is a rain delay for game two of the Yankees vs. Tigers post season battle.  But have no fear ESPN is here... to... praise the great Derek Jeter.  That is right every second of rain delay gives us one more second to praise the great Jeter.  Seriously name one bad thing about Derek Jeter?  ONE?  And no looking eerily like Lance Bass doesn't count.

EERY.  The only other think not to like about Jeter was his friendship with A-Rod, but now that they are teammates he hates Pay-Rod as much as the rest of us.  I guess you could say Jeter is evil because he is a product of the Evil Empire known as the Yankees, but the fact that he wasn't just purchased for a couple hundred million at a local Phillies/A's garage sale is refreshing enough to not hate him for being a Yankee.  He is a Yankee not a disloyal Mariner turned Yankee. 

I hate the Yankees but have realized that Jeter has worn down my hatred.  He has just been too consistent, too good, and too much not too nice and not too a-holeish at the same time.  He is a genuine superstar.  Not a wannabe loved by everybody or need the attention guy.  He gets his attention the old fashion way.  By coming up huge in big time moments. 

 It makes you wonder if he is a fairy tail.       Is Jeter just a figment of our imaginations?  Do we think he is clutcher than he really is?  Do we just see the crazy flip toss along the firstbase line to Jorge Posada and the diving catch into the crowd so many times that his clutchness is burned in to our mind?

Is he really just a good player living off a few huge moments? 

Well the awnser is no.  He really is THIS clutch.  Whatever it is that made Jordan, Ali, and Pele great...  well Jeter has that something.  Sure his is surrounded by the best money can buy but he remains the best of the best.  He is the best player on the best team in baseball.  He has World Series rings laying around his kitchen.  And last night he added another game to his legendary status.  His Jeterness went 5 for 5.  Only the 6th ever to get 5 hits in a playoff game and only the 2nd ever to get 5 hits in only 5 at bats.  If that is not enough he went ahead and made the 5th hit a home run to go with a couple doubles and a few runs.  Speaking of runs.... 84.  That is the most postseason runs by any baseball player ever, it is also how many postseason runs Jeter has.  Speaking of hits... 147.  That is also the most hits in the postseason by any player and once again the same number that Jeter has.  This Jeter guy also has a knack for hitting a homer at a rate per at bat that is half of what it is in the regular season.  Love him or hate him Derek Jeter is this good.  Only rain can mostly stop Derek Jeter.... mostly.