At 2pm JULY 9TH, #2 in the scorecard number one in our hearts, achieved his 3000 hit on a Home Run to left. The 4th youngest to 3000 and now officially a Hall Of Fame player.
Jeter's 3000 hits brings me back to my youth, and the truth is we all grew up with the Captain. The baseball history has had many captains but their is only one Derek Jeter, our Captain. We all grew up watching every pitch, every strike and every hit. When Jeter got injured we felt it, when he lost his first playoff game we suffered along with him. Now that he became the 28th man to 3000 and first Yankee ever we sit and cheer!
Read his article from 1992 The year it began it all.
Sunday, September 13, 1992 - New York Times Author Jennifer Frey
"A Game Just 2,971 Short of 3,000 Hits"
The article discussed a slug fest between the Yankees and the KC Royals, what made this article archive and history worthy was the drop story at the bottom, titled Inside Pitch. A look back the article reads DEREK JETER , the Yankees ' 1992 first-round draft choice, worked out in uniform with the team before the game.
The headline is what made me wonder if it was meant to be. Here is Frey writing about the game and the total amount of hits and the Man that would go on to break the All Time SS hits record, the All Time Yankees hits record and the only Yankee in history to record 3000 hits in attendance.
While reading every article written on the Captain in the last 15 years one of my favorites was the one written by Jack Curry that year June 2 1992, New York Times under the headline.
"Schoolboy Shortstop Gets a Bronx Invitation"
Before injuring an ankle running over a slippery base in April, Jeter was considered a possible No. 1 choice overall because of his speed,arm strength and hitting. He wound up the first high school player chosen.
The Yankees must now begin the process of signing the 17-year-old. When they tabbed Brien Taylor as the No. 1 pick overall last season, the Yanks had acrimonious negotiations with the pitcher's adviser, Scott Boras, before finally signing Taylor to a record-setting $1.55 million deal.
With the draft rules changed so that team now holds a high school player's rights for five years, it may be easier to sign draft picks. The 6-foot-3-inch, 175-pound Jeter has accepted a baseball scholarship to Michigan. He completed high school with a 3.82 grade point average out of 4.0 and said today the odds were "50-50" on attending college or signing with the Yankees.
"We'll make a decision as a family," said Jeter , who hit .481 with 23 runs batted in for Kalamazoo Central High. "It is my dream to play professionally, whether it is now or after college."
As the sixth pick, Jeter could probably command a contract of close to $400,000. But Jeter downplayed monetary issues.
"I enjoy playing the game," said Jeter , whose mother, Dorthy, is an accountant. "I think the money part is just an extra."
End of Article.
Derek Sanderson Jeter is the 27th man to 3000.
1.
Pete Rose
4256
B
2.
Ty Cobb+
4189
L
3.
Hank Aaron+
3771
R
4.
Stan Musial+
3630
L
5.
Tris Speaker+
3514
L
6.
Cap Anson+
3435
R
7.
Honus Wagner+
3420
R
8.
Carl Yastrzemski+
3419
L
9.
Paul Molitor+
3319
R
10.
Eddie Collins+
3315
L
11.
Willie Mays+
3283
R
12.
Eddie Murray+
3255
B
13.
Nap Lajoie+
3242
R
14.
Cal Ripken+
3184
R
15.
George Brett+
3154
L
16.
Paul Waner+
3152
L
17.
Robin Yount+
3142
R
18.
Tony Gwynn+
3141
L
19.
Dave Winfield+
3110
R
20.
Craig Biggio
3060
R
21.
Rickey Henderson+
3055
R
22.
Rod Carew+
3053
L
23.
Lou Brock+
3023
L
24.
Rafael Palmeiro
3020
L
25.
Wade Boggs+
3010
L
26.
Al Kaline+
3007
R
27.
Roberto Clemente+
3000
R
28.
Derek Jeter (37)
3000
R
Jeter is the third shorstop the Yankees have selected first. Neither of the others, Dennis Sherrill (1974) and Rex Hudler, (1978) ever became regular players.
