I’ve never understood why so many women think Derek Jeter is the hottest athlete around, but he’s again been named their hottest baseball player in an informal poll. I’ve been wondering if it’s due to the label of “hot athlete” that straight men in the media have given him. Because he’s a passable guy for straight men in the media to say, “He’s a good-looking dude,” since he first started playing with the Yankees ESPN and Sports Illustrated and the like have propped him up as the beacon of hotness among athletes. They can easily dismiss it as him banging so many hot chicks and being the captain of the New York Yankees: Those things give them cover to actually say the guy is hot.
Jeter isn’t an ugly guy, but for me he’s just not anywhere near the best-looking baseball player, let alone the best-looking athlete. I’d take either of the other guys who finished in the top three — David Wright and Cole Hamels — over Jeter. But at the end of the day, it is a matter of taste. I guess this just means I’m not a straight woman. Phew!
Hat tip to Yardbarker.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
He looks like Charlie Brown’s black friend Franklin.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Jeeter hot? Not for me. Great body. One of the best to play the game. Cocky and arrogant too. I love to hate him
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Jonathan Papelbon.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Give me Ryan Braun anytime, any day.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Reading this reminds me of one Yankees game I went to at the Rogers Centre. My friend’s seats are Row 4 directly in line with where the on deck batter stands for the visitors. Jeter was on deck and stretching in a motion bending over as if touching his toes with his rear end facing us. One of the women in front of us shouted ‘Cute butt Jeter!’ He turned towards us with a bit of a sheepish looking smile on his face and my friend and I shouted - ‘We agree!’ Everybody around us laughed and he had a huge grin his face - I swear blushing a bit - as he acknowledged our comment with a quick hand gesture and nod towards us.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
not for me. the red sox alone had more hotter players than jeter. i agree with a post above about ryan braun.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
One poster describes Jeter as “warm and gentile”; another touts his “blue eyes”. Maybe they are watching his butt not to notice he has green eyes.
But this indirectly leads me to ask: which team has the hottest roster and name five of those players?
I’ll lead off, pardon the pun:
Minnesota Twins
Joe Mauer
Joe Nathan
Justin Morneau
Joe Crede
Nick Blackburn
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Oh yeah, he’s hot. And it’s probably because of his great personality and nice guy nature that gets the women all hot and bothered. And really, have you looked at that butt lately? Even at his age you can still bounce several quarters on it.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
All my female friends thinks Jeter is hit and I don’t find him attractive at all. I’d definately take Brett Gardner over Jeter anyday.
Anyone looked at the Cleveland Indians line up lately
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
I’m a huge Yankee fan, but Jeter doesn’t even make my top 10.
As a joke with my straight brother, I told him I could make a team of the hottest guys in baseball that would also be good enough to compete for a title. Here’s my team. (They would play in the AL.)
BP – Ryan Perry
BP - Scott Shields
BP - Jonathon Broxton
BP - Eric Stults
SP - Tim Lincecum
SP - Justin Verlander
SP - Zack Grienke
SP - Rick Porcello
SP - AJ Burnett
1B - Mark Teixiera
2B - Aaron Hill
SS - Cale Iorg
3B - David Wright
Outfield - Grady Sizemore
Outfield - Nick Markakis
Outfield - Justin Morneu
Catcher - Joe Mauer
DH – Matt Weiters
What do you think? Good enough to win the Series? lol.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Mark Teixeira hot? i don’t think so.
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
gotta agree w/ Ethan that Tim Lincecum is hot hot hot! I love that geeky hipster look of his. Here’s the 5 hottest Giants:
Aaron Rowand
Barry Zito
Tim Lincecum
Jonathan Sanchez
Nate Schierholz
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
For me:
Jacoby Ellsbury
Jon Lester
Justin Masterson
JD Drew
Jason Bay
George Kottaras
Dustin Pedroia
Jonathan Papelbon
Joe Mauer
Evan longoria
Justin Morneau
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
have to add David Wright and Albert Pujols as well
on Jun 29th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
and Jim Thome
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 12:41 am
This female Yankee fan picks Grady Sizemore, Chase Utley, Joe Mauer, Evan Longoria, and Ryan Braun. And I’m thankful I have 3/5 on my fantasy team.
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Lex Mark Teixeira is SO HOT! That smile, those eyes, that big butt! lol. What’s not to like?
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Teixeira, like Jeter, has one of the best butts in the league, along with Joe Mauer and my main man, Aaron Rowand, who as a Giant fan I love to get behind, just not the way I wish!
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 5:00 am
Lex Mark Teixeira is SO HOT! That smile, those eyes, that big butt! lol. What’s not to like?
>> bodywise is hot but not facewise. Jeter i like his face though.
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 6:43 am
I think Jeter himself said it best when he said he looked like “the Rock had sex with a muppet.” Of course, that was when he was on SNL and playing the role of one of the player’s wives, but still…
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 9:24 am
I’ve always found Jeter attractive, but “hottest” baseball player? He has the advantage of being in the major market of NY, so gets far more attention than other players, so that gets him more votes.
If you watch ESPN enough, you’d think the Yankees were the only team in baseball.
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Well for me it has always been Craig Biggio and Jim Edmonds.
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
One thing this column taught me - the range of tastes runs wide
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Derek Jeter is 6′3″ of handsome hunkiness. He has green eyes,
silky smooth skin and a beautiful smile Also, an adorable tush.
He has charisma that comes from within. You can’t manufacture
it because it is natural. The most import thing is that he is a
nice guy
margie
on Jun 30th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Jeter is real fione. Meeting him in person knocks your socks off.
on Jul 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Let’s not forget Don Zimmer.
on Jul 1st, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I would love to play with the pitcher JACKSON who was given away by Tampa Bay after the World Series to the Detroit Tigers. Ethier and Loney of the LA Dodgers are HOT HOT too. WOW! What a face! What a body on each of these men! And each is a man of color.
on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 2:08 am
It is said that Lee Smith, the retired relief pitcher for the Cubs and other teams, rarely smiled in the locker room and did not suck up to the writers. And, he supposedly had one of the biggest “thingees” in all of baseball, at least according to the sports radio guys. His trade by GM Jim Frey to the Boston Red Sox has to be one of the all time WORST deals in baseball history, right up there with the Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio deal and the Frank Robinson for Jack Baldschun, Milt Pappas, and Dick Simpson deal. He had the saves record until Trevor Hoffman passed him, I believe. And he should be in the Hall of Fame. Yet, Derek Jeter, who is an average hitter at best, will probably make the Hall on the first ballot simply because he smiles at the writers and chats about his life and loves with them. Really disappointing!
on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 10:28 am
Ugh, I’ve never understood what’s supposed to be so hot about Jeter. I don’t like his face, the hair, the smirk, the sense of nobility and entitlement. OK, he’s in shape but so are a billion other players. I could name 100 other players hotter, including Wright, Papelbom, Josh Hamilton….whatever became of Mark Grudzielanek anyway, mmmm.
on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Krishnan c’mon, lets be real.
Jeter is going to make the Hall on the first ballot because he led the Yankees to 4 rings (and narrowly missed out on a 5th) in 5 trips to the World Series over 6 years. Not because he “smiles at the writers”.
on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I see a lot of Ryan Braun but the SS for the Brewers is much Hotter. JJ Hardy gets my vote hands down.
on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Jeter is cute. But A-Rod is the hottest baseball player by far.
on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 6:52 pm
A-Rod lost me the first time I heard him speak. lol. That voice is so annoying it completely undoes all the work his eyes did. lol.
on Jul 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 am
You can have him.
on Jul 3rd, 2009 at 11:36 am
Almost impossible to name some so I’ve cut it down to players on my 3 fave teams (Marlins, Didgers and Blue Jays) and then the rest:
Top Ten on my teams:
Dan Uggla, Cody Ross, Anibal Sanchez,Chris Coghlan, Kiko Calero, Russell Martin, Andre Ethier, Lyle Overbay, Marco Scutaro, and Aaron Hill.
Not on my teams: Albert Pujols, David Wright, Mike Lowell, Andy Sonnastine, Carlos Pena, Luis Gonzales, Jonathan Papelbon, Joe Mauer, Ryan Braun and Mike Jacobs.
on Jul 4th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Ryan Howard is supposed to have the biggest thingee in baseball today. I think he is definitely HOT!
on Jul 8th, 2009 at 1:14 am
I think many women think Derek Jeter is hot because of.. Well, he is definitely not ugly. …It’s because of how he carries himself in the field and even outside. It’s also a plus factor that he’s the captain of the Yankees yet he doesn’t look proud or arrogant.
Anyways, I’ve never thought that captain Jeter is considered one of the hottest men in Baseball.
on Jul 10th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I guess some people’s taste is in their mouths!
on Jul 10th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Somehow I think if David Wright were the one named hottest player this wouldn’t even been a thread. The tastes of women and gay men vary anyway, but I say good taste as far as I’m concerned because I don’t see the big brouhaha over David Wright. Jeter is in my top 10, but not my top. That would belong to Alex Rodriguez. Different strokes….
on Jul 12th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I have 2 of them Wrigth vs Jeter witch one do I choose
on Nov 7th, 2009 at 5:34 am
What about michael young from the rangers?
he’s cute and has a great smile!!!