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On-Base Perception

Newsday's new all-encompassing baseball blog on the Yankees, Mets, MLB and more from around the sport.

Poll results: Leading off for the Yankees . . .

Derek Jeter takes batting practice before a spring

Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams, Jr.

Derek Jeter led the majors last season in plate appearances, at-bats and hits en route to a .316 batting average.

Of his 649 at-bats, only 34 weren't from the leadoff position in the lineup. Of his 216 hits, just 10 came when he hit second. (That's a .303 average hitting second, and .317 hitting first.)

Yet, in our latest reader poll -- the science of which rivals nothing -- Jeter was...

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Which New York baseball manager is most likely to not return in 2014?

Joe Girardi (Yankees) Terry Collins (Mets) Both will be back in 2014 Both will be gone after 2013

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