Don’t Hate, Appreciate

Derek Jeter has played 15 seasons at the major league level, and reached October 13 times, claiming four World Series triumphs along the way. Jeter is also the all-time Yankees hits leader and will become the first career-Bomber to reach the magical 3,000-hit plateau. Jeter has been an All-Star 1o times, won three Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves, was the 1996 AL Rookie of the Year, and is the only man to have ever been named MVP in both the Midsummer and Fall Classics in the same year (2000). But do your very best to erase all of that from your mind, because if you only concentrate on the statistics and the accolades, you will fail to see Derek Jeter. Fans often ponder what...