(Photo: New York Times)Derek Jeter has done it. On a hot and humid day in the Bronx, Derek Sanderson Jeter has hit his 3000th hit and what do you know... it's a home run. This guy is destined to be the greatest Yankee of our time.
Jeter is the first ever to hit 3000 hits as a New York Yankee. Here's the Top 10 list:
- Derek Jeter: 3000
- Lou Gehrig: 2721
- Babe Ruth: 2518
- Mickey Mantle: 2415
- Bernie Williams: 2336
- Joe DiMaggio: 2214
- Don Mattingly: 2153
- Yogi Berra: 2148
- Bill Dickey: 1969
- Earle Combs: 1866
Congrats Jeet, I've been a Jeter fan since you began, like many of us fans today. This is extra special pal. Like I said in WHY 3000 COMES BEFORE 28, enjoy this day, all day long and thanks for making 3ooo special for all of us.By the way Ladies and Gentlemen, you can see some other BYB posts we wrote about Jeter and 3000 below:
WHY JETER IS EPIC FOR 1 GOOD REASON
DEREK JETER: THE MOVIE
WHY WINNING WOULD MAKE 3000 BETTER
WHY IT'S 2994 AND COUNTING
WHY I KNOW WHEN JETER HITS 3000
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Counting postseason play, Derek Jeter now has 3,188 career hits. So here's my question for all the Yankee Haters: How many career hits, counting the postseason, does your favorite player have?
ReplyDeleteActually, Jeter's never been my favorite player. But, since Mickey Mantle, who has gotten the job done for the Yankees more than he has? A case can be made for Mariano Rivera, but anybody who thinks Jeter has EVER been overrated needs to have his head examined -- and, like the old joke goes, we won't find anything.
(I had the total wrong in my original post, so I deleted, corrected and re-posted.)
Derek is definitely one of the greatest Yankees ever.... its amazing to me that he's the only Yankee to ever have 3,000 hits. A first ballot HOF'er for sure... hope to be there the day he's inducted. A Jeter fan for life!!!
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