Yankees superstars Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter
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I guess you can call it the Derek Jeter effect. We started following him because he grew up in Kalamazoo and now we watch every game. We always go when the Yankees are in Detroit ... but we haven’t seen them in the Bronx, yet. This is our first time in New York City and yesterday we went and looked around the old Stadium and the new Stadium. We’re going to try and see a game next year.
Well, we just gave Derek Jeter a big contract last year, so we have to be sensible.
I work the tourists checking out the Stock Exchange ... I shine for a buck, pop my rag and really give ‘em a show. I’m as smooth as Derek Jeter.
If you look at infielders such as Scott Rolen, Derek Jeter and Mike Lowell, they've all struggled defensively at some point in their careers ... Right now, Wes is trying to make adjustments during games. It's about footwork and timing. He's making adjustments now that will benefit him in major-league games.
As always, there were some interesting findings in the Bill James Handbook. Derek Jeter has a 93 percent chance to get to 3,000 hits but Alex Rodriguez has only a 49 percent chance at a record 762 home runs
A boy was turning 10 years old and his mother ordered balloons and everything else we had for the Yankees. When I got there she had a blue and white cake with a picture of Derek Jeter and real Yankees hats and plastic bats and foam balls. They were going to eat cake and then play baseball in the apartment