Saturday, July 9, 2011

Jeets and the 3000

In most cases a baseball player reaching 3,000 career hits is a special thing. Derek Jeter on the other hand, it's a monumental thing. The first Yankee player in history to reach 3,000 hits. Amazing. I think most casual baseball fans who understand that 3,000 hits is a special, hall of fame type achievement, would never think NO Yankee had 3,000 hits.

So he we are, Saturday morning and I'm out west and the Yankees are about to face the Rays. Jeter will bat leadoff today, and every single time he comes to the plate, the stadium will go nuts. I mean think about all the incredible moments that Yankee fans have witnessed over the last 50 years? World Series wins, countless All Stars, countless incredible performances. This achievement will ring across not only the baseball world, but it will be felt throughout sports and news media. The first Yankee to 3,000 hits, the captain, Derek Jeter is a Yankee, one of the truest forms of the Yankee brand, and someone that any young player looks up to.

How can it be that DiMaggio, Ruth, Gehrig, and all the other Yankee legends never reached this plateau? What Jeter is about to accomplish will cement him in baseball history forever, and 50 years from now, his grandchildren will be talking about how their Grandad was Derek Jeter, the only Yankee with 3,000 hits. Amazing achievement for an amazing player. I hope Yankee fans give him an extended ovation, because Derek Jeter embodies everything you want in an athlete. An honest, hardworking leader, who only cares about one thing. Winning.

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