Jeter Surpasses 3,000 Hit Mark, Yankees Win 5-4
Derek Jeter homered for his 3,000th hit and raced right past the milestone; the Yankees beat the Rays for a 5-4 victory.
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Derek Jeter homered for his 3,000th hit and raced right past the milestone; the Yankees beat the Rays for a 5-4 victory.
Of course Derek Jeter hit a home run for his 3,000th hit on a full count to tie the game because that's what Derek Jeter does.
Derek Jeter has become the 28th player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits. Now the question is: how far can the captain climb MLB's all-time list? Could he possibly surpass Pete Rose at No. 1?
Hard to imagine now that he's reached the 3,000 hits milestone, but there was a time when Derek Jeter didn't think he would get a single knock in the big leagues.
Derek Jeter's bid for one of baseball's most hallowed milestones, 3,000 career hits, a mark never reached by other New York Yankees' greats, is complete.
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has a slight tear in his right knee, a probable cause of his sudden power loss, and the 14-time All-Star was expected to soon decide on the best course of action.
Derek Jeter continues his quest for a 3,000th career hit. Jeter was two hits short of the milestone at the start of Saturday's game against Tampa Bay before singling in his first at bat.
A persistent downpour Friday night prevented the Tampa Bay Rays' rookie starter from getting the chance to deny Derek Jeter the two hits he needs to reach 3,000.
Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Shane Victorino became the latest All-Star scratches, further threatening to turn baseball's big show into the All-Scar game.
Derek Jeter's chances to get his 3,000th hit at Yankee Stadium dwindled Friday night when New York's game against Tampa Bay was rained out and the teams tangled on a makeup date.
He's on the verge of making history, but what is it, really, that makes Derek Jeter one of the all-time Yankee greats? Is it a number like 3,000? Or is it something more?
Alex Rodriguez was sent for an MRI on his sore right knee and is out of the New York Yankees' lineup for their game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
As Derek Jeter approaches 3,000 hits, the landmark has little bearing on his baseball legacy as possibly the most dominant winner in the game's history.
When the Yankees held the 6th overall pick in the 1992 draft, they picked shortstop Derek Jeter from Kalamazoo, Michigan. The rest, as they say, is history.
I want Jeter to get his two hits on Friday night so that there isn't anymore talk of 3000, so the countdown stops and so the only focus for Yankees fans can go back to winning.
