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You know, if the Yankees lost yesterday, I was going to put some blame on Derek Jeter. He’s been grounding out at an alarming rate. I don’t have any stats for it but I see it with my own eyes. I used to have more confidence in him when he would get up in a big spot but now, I hate to say it, I don’t.

Last night, he scored three times. I don’t know whether to say he had a good night or bad night. I do know one thing however. He did hit a lot of ground outs.

Take last night for instance. In the top of the third, he scored because he got on base because of a fielder’s choice.

Then in the top of the fourth, he grounded out with a man on first and third with two outs. When he was up, I said to myself, I wonder if he’ll hit a ground out? He did.

Then we come to the top of the sixth. It looked as though the Yankees had a rally going. After Colin Curtis got a big hit and scored Curtis Granderson, Jeter got up and you know what happened… he grounded into a double play.

In the top of the ninth, he walked and scored. He didn’t face any one with men on base however. He just walked. It was good that he did however.

Here’s what killed me. In the top of the tenth, Curtis Granderson gave the Yankees the lead with a home run. Gardner singled, stole second and then Chad Huffman walked. Wow! It looks like Derek Jeter can drive in a run for us! You know the story. He hits into a ground out, double play to end the inning.

It seems that Derek Jeter has been killing a lot of rallies. Maybe it’s age or maybe it’s bad timing but he hasn’t been clutch, that’s for sure. This year, he’s been hitting a lot of ground out double plays.

Soon, it will be time to switch Derek Jeter from lead off.

I’ve talked about Robinson Cano yesterday. I didn’t get to fully mention the player that is Derek Jeter. The player that comes to play. The player that gives his all and never quits on a play. The player who plays with class. The player, in the future who we are going to wish never left. We should appreciate Jeter now because I can just see it, the Yankees constantly looking for a short stop but never being able to find one like they have in Derek Jeter.

We’re spoiled as Yankee fans. Our short stop hits over .300 and scores 100 runs every year. Like I just said, there will come a time when we wish we still had this production out of our shortstop position.

There’s a reason I thought about Derek Jeter this morning. I was looking at the stats of all of our players and I skipped Derek Jeter! I took him for “granted.” I “expected” him to be up towards the top of our Yankee batting leaders. I feel bad and want to make up for what I did….

If you’re looking for a hall of fame shortstop on your team, this is how you do it….

Win five world series rings. Score 100 runs in 12 seasons. Get 200 hits in seven seasons. Are you done yet Sean? You can’t keep going! The haters will hate you! No, I’m not. I have this to add… Bat over .300 in 11 seasons. Get close to 3,000 hits before your 37th birthday. Sean, they can’t handle this! They’re going to break down! Have the most career hits for the most storied franchise in the HISTORY of sports. Read that again, in the HISTORY of sports. You know the franchise. The New York Yankees franchise? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Win rookie of the year and make the all-star team in 10 seasons.

Do you know what Derek Jeter is? Yankee fans? He’s a winner. He’s the top seller. He’s the big dog. He’s the champion. He’s number one and don’t let any one else tell you otherwise. He’s the hero. He’s the chosen one. He’s the best and he’s also first-class.

The leader of this team, Derek Jeter is going to lead us to the promised land again. To glory, to the world series and finally to another world series title. If you don’t believe it, you’re not a believer. Remember, you GOT TO BELIEVE!!! Yankee fans? Let’s go!!

Derek Jeter is the man. He’s getting close to 3,000 hits for the New York Yankees. Any one that gets that many hits has to be having a great career.

New York Yankees’ players Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez will reach milestones together. Derek Jeter will get his 3,000th hit the same time Alex Rodriguez breaks Barry Bonds’ record. That’s if they stay healthy.

In year two of the new stadium, A-Rod will possibly hit his 600th home run. In the third season in the new stadium, Jeter will possibly hit his 3,000th hit.

Jeter could finish his career in the top five of hits. That would be amazing. I’d like to see him break Rose’s record but that’s a little to far out there.

Baseball Prospectus and BaseballProjection.com don’t see decline in A-Rod’s power and see him breaking Bonds’ record and hitting 800 home runs.

This is where the steroids test will come into play. We know that Bonds extended his career because of steroids. Because of that reason, I see it hard for A-Rod to break Bonds’ record and hit 800 home runs.

According to the NY Post, Derek Jeter is in the Caribbean with his girlfriend Minka Kelly. There were rumors that they were going to get married earlier but could this be the time Derek pops the big question?

Why not? He’s won five World Series rings, has all the money in the world, is idolized. The only thing missing from is resume is being married to a beautiful woman. Her name is  Minka Kelly who was a YankeesDaily Girl of the Day back in September.

Derek worked with scientists from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute on the development of a new line of performance products for athletes. The new line is designed for athletes before, during, and after performance. Several athletes including, Dwyane Wade, Peyton Manning, Landon Donovan and Abby Wambach are also working with Gatorade on the new product-line.

Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees won Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated.

I was always surprised at how grounded Jeter was when I watched his interviews. A lot of great athletes don’t act like him. He always acts respectful and you never hear him tearing any one else down and you never “hear” Jeter. He’s not a loud mouth. He’s one of the classiest athletes I’ve ever seen. He acts polite and is respectful towards every one.

He also has a lot of charitable works. That in itself is impressive to what Jeter is as a human being.

Back in the mid 90′s, I wasn’t a racist but I thought like one. I didn’t wish the destruction of the black race and I never thought about black people much but I didn’t think highly of them. Derek Jeter changed that with me.

Sure, he’s white but he’s also black. I wondered how a man like this can be so grounded because he had a black father. I’ve heard from Reverand Al Sharpton that black men don’t stay with the mother of their child. Whether that is true or not, Jeter’s father did.

When you look at other black athletes that act stupid or foolish, there’s always Jeter there for you. He makes you believe in the argument that it’s not the race but the individual person. You can also look at the point that it’s how you’re raised. It looks as though Derek Jeter had a great upbringing from his black father. Derek Jeter is a testament to his black father and white mother.

I want to say to the white people that don’t like blacks. Look around you. I’m sure you hate just as many white people.

The New York Yankees’ organization has an unbreakable rule  that says no early deals or extensions for anyone.  That makes no sense because the Yankees spend billions of dollars on player salaries. What would an early contract extension do to them?

Derek Jeter dominated in the playoffs with a .407 batting average and had the best defensive year of his career. He’s Mr. Yankee. He’s every thing the organization hopes to have in a player. He’s respectful, he’s polite and he does every thing they ask of him.

I say forget your rule. That’s a George Steinbrenner rule and George isn’t in charge anymore. You can’t keep doing things George’s way because his ways weren’t always the right way.

Give Derek Jeter a three  year deal worth 20 million a year and let him get 3,000 hits in a Yankee uniform.

The Yankees captain and five-time world champion is playing a fictionalized version of himself in the upcoming Will Ferrell flick “The Other Guys,” which was being filmed yesterday at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island. – NY Post

We forget how tall New York Yankees’ Derek Jeter is. He’s taller than Will Ferrell.

Before this year started, a lot of writers said that Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees should move to first base because he’s no longer a good defensive short stop. They’ve put together all of these graphs by Dave Pinto, SAFE from Bill James, zone ratings and a whole bunch of other nonsense. They’ve said he never threw the ball to first base with his feet set and jumped up and threw the ball too many times.

Now how do you feel? He just won the gold glove. Did he deserve it? Do some of the writers in the past who criticized Derek Jeter think the award is a farce?

I feel Derek Jeter did very well this year and I don’t remember his play at short stop hurting the Yankees in anyway. Instead, he made some outstanding plays. I can’t remember them all but I do know that Jeter did not hurt the Yankees.