What do you
get for the man who has everything? Well, Derek Jeter doesn’t really have
everything. He is still fighting for that 6th World Series
championship ring, which is all he really cares about on the baseball field.
Jeter heads
into his 38th birthday today mired in a bad slump, which hopefully won’t
get all the “is he getting too old” talk started again. Before his birthday
month began, Jeter was having an unbelievable season, batting near .400 and stabilizing
the New York Yankees offense when everyone else was struggling.
He has been
surpassing great names on the all-time hits lists on his way to possibly
challenging Pete Rose for the top spot (if he decides to play that long, which
Bud Selig and Major League Baseball would love). Next up, the guy who made it
possible for tall guys like Jeter to play shortstop: Cal Ripken Jr.
But Jeter
has little patience for talk of records and lists. That doesn’t mean he isn’t
honored to take his place among these legendary greats. It just means that he
is too busy playing baseball to care right now. And that’s one of the reasons
Yankee fans (and a lot of other baseball fans) worship the captain.
Happy
Birthday, Derek!
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