Jeter Revisited
More than a year and a half after it was first posted, the
Jeter List brought in a lot of traffic this week, thanks to being linked at
Lawyers, Guns and Money, and by SI.com writer
Pete McEntegart.A couple of astute readers have pointed out that the logo on Jeter's wristband is not, in fact, Jeter himself, but Michael Jordan - as Jeter is part of Nike's "Jumpman" line. After finding a decent picture through Google images, it appears that they're right:
This is something of a lost opportunity for Nike - if Jeter is going to be one of their signature athletes, then his gear should bear that signature.
For example, let's take an image at random that's representative of Jeter on a baseball field...
That'll do.
Then, just let the marketing wizards at Nike do their magic, and voila!
Now THAT's a wristband. Sadly, Nike chose to go in a different direction.
Since we want to avoid inaccuracy while impugning the ability of one of baseball's most popular players, that knocks the list down to a mere 99 reasons.
But, to quote Clubber Lang from Rocky III, when it comes to Jeter, "I gotta lotta mo', I gotta lotta mo'."
So the two wristband comments have been combined, and the list now has a brand new #6, inspired by the Yankees' latest trip to T.O.