Mr. 3000

First Yankee to achieve 3000 hits!







Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Captains Birth Day




With Derek Jeter Turning 36 (June 26, 1974) today it reminds me of his debut as a Yankee. May 29 1995. The Yankees lost to the Mariners 8-7, the very next day I was moving to Los Angeles and not coming back. (I was back sooner than I thought)

The lineup that day has some players you would remember if you were a Yankees fan prior to 96. Black Jack was the starting pitcher but it was the bullpen that lost the game. Jeter went 0-5 with a strikeout.

Luis Polonia LF
Wade Boggs 3B
Paul O'Neill RF
Mike Stanley C
Don Mattingly 1B
Dion James DH
Randy Velarde 2B
Bernie Williams CF
Derek Jeter SS

It was not to the very next day that Jete got his first Career hit and he went 2-3 with a walk and two runs scored.

Now at the tender age of 36 Derek starts his birth day with 2834 hits sitting 44th place in all time hits list, ranks 40th all time in runs scored and a career 316 batting avg. 10 All Star Games played, 4 silver slugger awards, 4 gold gloves, add a rookie of the Year and 5 World Series rings. I would say he has been one of the top 10 Yankees of all time.

While DJ is still on this team we should enjoy him and enjoy every year that he is a Yankee.

Friday, June 25, 2010

We will Beat an old Friend this weekend



I have no bad blood towards Joe Torre, The book he wrote was out of anger and he might not admitted or not but that's the reason why him and Cash stop speaking to each other.

After all Cash was one of his biggest supporters and Torre knew better than that, he should have never wrote a "tell all book".

That said this weekend we will beat the Dodgers!