I fell asleep during the game yesterday, so I didn’t have to watch the Yankees lose. Unfortunately, I did miss one meaningful moment in the game. Yankee captain Derek Jeter notched his 2675th hit. He passed Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio in the process and is coming up on Lou Gehrig on the Yankees all-time hit list. There’s no doubt that Jeter will go down as one of the best players of his era. The shortstop will likely be the next player to notch 3000 hits and the first since Craig Biggio.
Via New York Daily News:
SEATTLE – Derek Jeter has never been one to revel in his personal accomplishments, always choosing to focus on the Yankees’ success instead of his own.
The Yankees didn’t have much to celebrate following Sunday’s 10-3 loss to the Mariners, but Jeter took another step toward the Hall of Fame by ascending to the top of the all-time hits list for shortstops.
Jeter collected hits in his first two at-bats to tie and pass Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio for first place on that list. Jeter went 3-for-4 to push his hit total to 2,675 as a shortstop and 2,688 overall.
“It’s kind of hard to believe,” said Jeter, whose next milestone will be passing Lou Gehrig’s all-time Yankee hit total of 2,721. “I just try to be consistent year in and year out, because if you’re consistent, good things happen. Being consistent is something that gets overlooked at times, but every player strives to be consistent.”
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