Jeter doesn’t know Manny personally, except for facing him in the Yanks/Sox rivalry and competing with him at all-star games. He believes that he would fit in with the club though. Jeter was in Central Park today for his Turn 2 Foundation, and this is what he had to say:
“I don’t know him personally, with the exception of playing against him and on some All-Star teams,” Jeter said. “I know he’s had a lot of success everywhere he’s gone, and it seems his teams have done been pretty good.
“Not too many people have problems fitting in, I don’t think.”
“We’ve had some free personalities through the years,” Jeter said. “David Wells was his own person, [Jason] Giambi was his own person, [and] Johnny [Damon is] his own person. There’s a lot of different personalities that play on our team.
“It’s just when you’re out on the field, you’re trying to accomplish one thing, and we welcome people with their own personalities.”
“I think we have a pretty good lineup,” Jeter said. “I don’t think scoring runs really has been the issue we’ve had the last few years. I think we’ve scored plenty of runs. It’s just finding ways to shut teams down.”
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Supposedly, Nick Swisher is “his own person.” So is Burnett. What we need is a BAT!