Nearly fell of my chair in the diner this morning when the Pux commented, "I think he's lost a step."
Sooner or later we hear that about all players but, in this case, he was speaking about, I can hardly say it, Derek Jeter.
Understand that there is no more loyal Yankee fan than the Pux. No one more vocal about their accomplishments, no one more blind to their failings, and no one more supportive of the Yankee orthodoxy that D. Jeter is the greatest shortstop of the past decade.
I'm not sure how long I sat there speechless, staring into an empty coffee cup, unable to make sense of those words from that source, but when I finally managed to weakly ask the Pux to repeat what he had said the breakfast crowd had been replaced by the office nooners.
Now I know the Revered One has had issues in the field this season airmailing a few throws into the right field sets. It's also true he has had several senior moments on the base paths recently getting picked off second to end an inning with two men on and A-Rod at the plate. But for the Pux to utter the unutterable, to even imagine the unimaginable... I could only respond,
"How can you tell when someone with no range loses a step?"
PS - Never piss off a Pux with half a jelly donut at his disposal.
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