DEREK JETER: THE MOVIE

I don’t know about you, but I am very excited for the Documentary on Derek Jeter’s 3000^th hit on HBO. Read about it HERE. I don’t get too excited about a lot. Clearly, I’m obsessed with my family, baseball, Bleeding Yankee Blue (shameless plug), but if you want to truly win me over, put in any baseball doc and you’ll have me at “Babe Ruth”. That’s me.

I love the baseball movies as well. I wrote about it last week in WHY I LOVE BASEBALL MOVIES. Plus, I consider Billy Crystal’s *61 epic as well. It’s simple to me, if you love the game and you like the character or player, there’s an instant attachment or connection. I think Jeter is the biggest Yankee stud since Don Mattingly and he’s larger than life. Jeter deserves the best and that goes all the way back to his upbringing. That upbringing was the basis for what has become of him, a giant in Yankee history.

But back to my point. To me, it’s not only the Yankees that make watching baseball documentaries great. The Franchise, a show about the World Championship San Francisco Giants is about to start on Showtime and that even looks awesome.

How do you not like guys like Pablo Sandoval, Buster Posey, Brian Wilson. These guys keep it loose but play incredible baseball. Here’s a hilarious clip of Brian Wilson promoting the Franchise. See for yourself:

The point to all of this is, as a Yankee fan and someone that has watched Jeter since the very beginning, this is an event. It’s a story about determination and passion of the game. I will be sure to sit my 8 and 7 year old boys in front of the television that evening. We’ll have popcorn, we’ll wear Yankee caps and we will relive the 300oth hit Docu-style and talk about this player that believed himself and his team and became the most popular New York Yankee of our current time, but not bec ause he wanted the popularity, but instead because he wanted to be the best.

My sons and I will talk about it, we’ll talk about his ability, but we’ll talk about how he always had his eye on the prize and never gave 90%. It was always 100% out of the gate and it attracted millions to Yankee stadium since 1995. Plus, it inspired kids to want to be him, like I kid's my age wanted to be Guidry or Munson or Reggie.

To me, Jeter IS the Yankees. I wrote WHY JETER IS EPIC FOR 1 GOOD REASON and in it, again, I talk about the postiives of growing up in his home. His parents were the key to all of this. They should be commended. Their values translated to the field and to me, this guys leadership should never be overlooked. And for all you guys out there who like to put out polls that suggest that Derek Jeter is overrated… I still haven’t seen that proof, just a lot of lip service. So give it a rest… give in… because Jeet is likable.

Trust me, he’s Derek Jeter and he’s the king of baseball, not just the Yankees.

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