Spring training has kicked off, and so have the pointless controversies. The biggest one thus far involves Alex “Confessions” Rodriguez who is admitting to anyone who would listen to him that he and Derek Jeter are not as close as they once were. The fact A-Rod is married and has a kid and Jeter is a single-ready-to-mingle, should indicate that the two are not close.
Nevertheless, both are great players. Derek “Ice-man” Jeter is a winning captain. A-Rod is one of the best, if not the best hitter in the game. Both have hefty contracts, and are upstanding Baseball citizens - that is they are not Barry Bonds.
The question of the weekend: if you were to pick a start-up that had all the qualities of Derek Jeter, which one would that be? Similarly, who is the A-Rod amongst all start-ups? Let us also know why you think so, in either case.
18 comments so far
2:56 PM PT
Derek Jeter = Feedburner and Dick Costolo. Since I don’t like Alex Rodriguez, I’ll pass ( he cares too much what other people think about him ).
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3:38 PM PT
Hi Om,
No David Ortiz..thats the best of both of them..
But I am a little biased..
Go Sox!
6:10 PM PT
A-Rod = eBay … does good things, but seems to worry too much about how he’s perceived… drives him make odd choices and has problems with his teammates and local fan base.
Jeter = Google… a leader, does things that others can’t do at the times they’re most needed, has a certain mystique about him, you either love him or you hate him.
7:14 PM PT
and just for the record
8:12 PM PT
Om,
The weekend choice should have been some of the Holeywood starlets that will appear on the Oscars
8:23 PM PT
30boxes would be jeter only because i heard they both dated mariah carey.
9:02 PM PT
Nice on Dave - “Wild Thing” forgot how old you were that you actually remembered the movie, Major League .
9:03 PM PT
Brian, eBay and Google are not exactly start-ups. Nevertheless, good example, though I would say Yahoo instead of eBay.
Because eBay does really screw up at times. Skype!
11:30 AM PT
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2:24 PM PT
Automattic is my a-rod! :)
3:09 PM PT
A Rod = Techcrunch & Arrington
Jeter = GigaOmniMedia & Om
4:50 PM PT
Yo OM - finally some good content!
Automattic = Jeter
MySpace = A-Rod
5:39 PM PT
AROD = Friendster
Had all the potential to rule the world but folded under pressure. Now all you get are excuses and the only thing that matters is that they didn’t win.
Jeter = Facebook
Slick. Everything comes naturally. Some amazing features. Even though it doesn’t have the best stats its who you would want to build around.
3:50 AM PT
A-Rod = PaidContent (but not much else)
Jeter is “Real”
12:42 PM PT
Derek Jeter = Niklas Zennström (3) Home Runs Skype Kazaa Joost all game changing..
Arod = MySpace Tons of potential but hasn’t taken it to the Next Level
2:07 PM PT
I’m a Yankee Hater. Jeter is manpretty and overhyped and Alex Rodriguez doesn’t do much except collect a fat paycheck.
3:54 PM PT
a-rod = webvan
(peaked years ago)
jeter = facebook
(pretty but overrated)
7:13 AM PT
Jeter-he comes through when it matters the most. A-Rod has failed to do anything to impress me since he came to the Yankees. A-Rod the best hitter, I really wish someone would give the statistics of A-rod getting a hit when it actually mattered (since becoming a Yankee)? I’m not saying he hasn’t but I would like an average. I mean he went 1-14 in the post season or something like that so how is he such a great hitter? I would really like someone to do a statistic on that even in the regular seaosn with guys in scoring position and we need a hit to win, what his average in those situations? Does anyone know?
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