A quick thought on the whole Derek Jeter retirement media blitz and the criticism associated with it by pundits who simply want their voice heard. Maybe all of this just isn’t meant for you. Maybe the fans are the target audience (as well as people who consume products)? Maybe there’s a time and a place for your negative voice, but for the love of baseball let some of us just enjoy it. Take your rants about selfishness and put them aside for a few days and just let people who want to celebrate the man’s career do so.
A patch, a t-shirt, a commercial … is it really all that damning? Consider that at some point blind love for the game might have been part of your life, but you’ve changed your focus on drawing attention to yourself. I understand many people want to push their agendas to increase page views, TV or radio ratings but the general negative sentiment seems so opposite to what we’ve seen of people in the past regarding Jeter.
Bloggers, loudmouth TV chat show hosts, you name it have spent the last few weeks jumping and stomping all over the thing some of us are simply trying to enjoy, saying goodbye. Derek represents a lot to some of us and stomping on other’s enjoyment seems just as selfish as anything these pundits complain about. What’s the point? To have a voice louder than the fans? You already have that, people probably pay you to have it. But there’s really no need to keep making others feel like they are lesser people because you don’t gather the same joy from saying goodbye as we do.
Some of these thoughts are disorganized because by trade I am not a writer/blogger. I am also not stating that one shouldn’t speak negatively of Derek Jeter. But to be honest I think I share many people’s opinion when I say, “Shut up and let us enjoy.” This isn’t for you, because you’re not a fan anymore.
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