Welcome to the 3000-hit club Derek Jeter, you certainly earned it in style! With the crowd on its feet, Jeter blasted a home run to become the 28th member of the prestigious 3000-hit club, and he sealed his fate as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. The New York Yankees legend has come under scrutiny lately for not being as effective as he had been early in his career. But there is no better way to silence your critics than putting one in the seats for your 3000th hit. It took ...
Coming into Saturday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees star Derek Jeter was batting .257 and had two home runs for the season.But needing two hits to reach 3,000 hits for his career, Jeter got it over with early, rising to the occasion like he has so many times before, singling then hitting a home run for his 3,000th hit.Jeter became the second player in MLB history to hit a home run for his 3,000th hit on Saturday, joining Hall of Famer Wade Boggs.Jeter also became the ...
Believe it or not, the most storied franchise in Major League Baseball just welcomed their first member to the 3,000 hits club.The 12-time All-Star became just the second player in history to reach the big 3,000 via a home run.The Yankees' captain was already one of the most accomplished players in the MLB, but this just adds to his resume, solidifying his spot in the Hall of Fame.The 5-time World Series champion and 2000 World Series MVP received a standing ovation from a sell-out Yankee Stadium crowd and was greeted ...
As first reported by Matthew Ehalt on ESPN.com, 35-year-old Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez has a slight meniscus tear in his right knee.This is not good news, though it does explain A-Rod's recent lack of power—the man who ranks sixth on the all-time career HR list, four behind Ken Griffey Jr.—has not gone deep since June 11 against the Cleveland Indians.Two options sit in front of Rodriguez. Either have surgery now to repair the knee and miss at least the next month of the season or try to play through it, ...
Near the end of February, Baseball America released the highly anticipated 2011 Top 100 Prospects Rankings, where the Yankees found six prospects ranked and four in the Top 50.Yesterday afternoon, they released their Midseason Top 50 Prospects List, and while some players jumped up the charts, the news was not great for all of them.Begin Slideshow
Tonight's New York Yankees game versus the Tampa Bay Rays was rained out, meaning Derek Jeter's pursuit of 3,000 hits will be postponed until the weekend. While the Yankees would like to have Jeter reach 3,000 hits as soon as possible, fans with tickets to Friday's game may be even more upset with Mother Nature. Tickets for the Rays-Yankees series were in high demand as ticket prices on the secondary market averaged more than twice the tickets face value. According to the secondary ticket retailer StubHub, the least expensive price for ...
Derek Jeter has recalled himself from the MLB All-Star Game in order to rest the injury to his calf muscle.''Unfortunately, I won't be able to go,'' Jeter told Fox Sports before Friday night's game against Tampa Bay.Jeter, who is a 12-time All-Star was elected by fans to start the shortstop position.Yankees manager Joe Girardi said it was Jeter's decision not to attend the All-Star game. Jeter talked it over with Girardi, Brian Cashman and trainer Gene Monaghan.''It's probably best not to push it because it's most important to be ready for the second half. ...
As Derek Jeter approaches one of baseball's most heralded milestones, 3,000 hits, we need to slowdown the clock and realize what the New York Yankee shortstop has done for America's pastime.Maybe it's the fact that he's be the face of one of the most prestigious franchises in sports history or the shear excellence he's displayed over his 17-year career, the 37-year-old has done it all.Either way you spin it, Jeter has easily eclipsed all expectations since coming into the league in 1995, becoming a 12-time All-Star, five-time world champion, five-time ...
In February of 1998, a 31-year-old former intern of the organization took over as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the New York Yankees.Since then, Brian Cashman has been the man in charge of the Yankees, holding one of the longest current tenures of GMs in the sport today.On Saturday, Buster Olney of ESPN hinted in his blog that this may in fact be the final year Cashman could be with the team.Cashman is in the final year of a three-year deal he signed back in September of ...
Once upon a time, Dontrelle Willis was one of the rising stars in baseball.With his affable personality, infectious smile, bizarre mechanics, "Rockette-eqsue" leg kick and nasty stuff, Willis was beloved by fans of the Florida Marlins and left opposing fans in awe.After winning the NL Rookie of the Year Award in 2003 and playing in two All-Star Games (2003 and 2005), Willis has had—to say the least—issues.Since being traded from the Florida Marlins to the Detroit Tigers in the same deal that bought first baseman Miguel Cabrera to Detroit, Willis ...