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O Captain! My Captain!

By Jeff Bradley, Alan Grant, E.J. Hradek and Ric Bucher

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The fine folks over at Insider have put together a couple of pieces on Yankees SS Derek Jeter, in hopes of finding out what, if anything, the beloved Bomber still does well. In his defense, many fans of No. 2 will tell you Jeter brings priceless "intangibles" to the table as captain of one of baseball's biggest franchises. But just how valuable is an official captain in sports? We turned to a group of Mag writers for the answer. BASEBALL I covered the Yankees for the New York Daily News f ...

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