Well, it took Adams the better part of 18 months to return to form, and he is now just 25. (He's playing 3B for Scranton, by the way, and hitting about .350 in the tiny sample.) He's no longer on the 40-man protected roster.
Two years ago, a promising Yankee kid named Ravel Santana slid into 2B in the Gulf Coast League and broke an ankle. He still isn't the same. Maybe never will be.
Oh well, prospects come and go. Every team in baseball has a Top 20 list touted by slobbery blogger who have never once watched them play.
But why did we think Jeter, pushing 39, could come back in six months?
Well, the answer is easy: He's Derek Effing Jeter. He's been magic all his career. The flip, the dive, Mr. November, Mariah Carey. He's as close as we'll ever get to Minka Kelly. He owns the entire west coast of Florida. He remains one of the two active Yankee Gods, the other being Mariano. If God says six months, dammit, we agree... six months.
But now, it looks more like ten. And if Jeter pulls that off, he'll still be outdoing athletes who were 15 years younger, while playing a position that 38-year-olds do not play. Yankee fans like to say, you don't bet against Jeter. They're right: He's great, he's wonderful, blah-blah-blah.
Listen: There's only one thing you don't bet against... Time. And it's not on our side. We're hoping this team of retreads can hold the line until the stars return - pretending that time is on our side. Never think that. It's not.
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The stars for whom we are waiting are ground older by the day.
Derek play great shortstop again? I think not.
Maybe third assuming a-Rod is done.
Alphonso speaks the unspeakable, about which we've secretly been pondering since last fall. The injury is far worse than we had feared. Derek's run at SS is over. We may never see him play again at any position. I hope I'm wrong. I hope he doesn't go out like Posada did, with nobody realizing it was his last game. He deserves a Paulie and Mo-style exit but he may not get it.
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