3000

I’m a Yankee fan, so I’m obviously rooting for Derek Jeter to get to 3000 hits. It is fashionable to criticize Jeter since his production was way down last year and is this year as well. He certainly gets All Star votes and (especially) Gold Glove votes that he does not deserve, based solely on reputation. He is not the player he used to be.

Some people have even taken to developing browser extensions to remove Derek Jeter from web pages. That is just flat out hilarious.

You can hate the Yankees and you can hate Jeter, but you can’t deny the accomplishments.

Only three players got to this many hits faster than Jeter. That would be Cobb, Aaron and Yount.

Only three other players have hit 190 hits with a .400 slugging percentage in 10 seasons (Rose, Cobb, Musial).

Players with 10 season with 190 hits and double figures in both home runs and stolen bases? One. Jeter.

And let’s not forget the postseason moments. The flip, the dive and Mr. November.

Of course, the milestone I’m really waiting for is when Rivera becomes the all time save leader. 17 to go…