So they towed my car. I had never seen the Braves. The only time I saw the Braves was on television when I was younger. These are the world champions. That stands out. Derek Jeter batted. Jeter played the biggest games with a preternatural calm. There was a consistency about him derived from the disciplined way he was raised by his parents, Dorothy and Charles, who met in in Frankfurt, Germany, while both were stationed there with the U. When Jeter was 10 years old, he decided he would be the shortstop for the New York Yankees.
Wallace , Orioles Jeffrey Hammonds and Reds Chad Mottola all passed on using one of the top five picks of the draft on the skinny shortstop from Kalamazoo Central High. He had played exclusively with a metal bat as an amateur. Jeter stood before a huge bin of wood bats.
One by one he picked out bats, holding them in his hands like a finicky shopper in the produce section, searching for the one that most resembled his high school bat in size, weight and taper. Jeter would go on to take 15, appearances as a professional, including his record in the postseason and 2, in the minors.
For every one of them he used the P In he moved to a inch, ounce P The model dated to , when it was created for Leslie Wayne Pinkham, a minor league catcher. Most players, to escape the clutches of a slump, to co-opt the karma of a hot-hitting teammate or simply to pursue the chance of something better, occasionally switch bat models.
That Jeter used one model for 22 years spoke to his consistency of purpose, which especially served him well in his first postseason.
I struck out before. You know, what is it? You strike out? My mind always went to being successful and it went back to times when I had success.
I was just never afraid of it. For me it was just another game. I liked the attention, the spotlight, that was on postseason games. No, no, no. I just approached it like any other game. How do you follow such a season, especially when companies begin lining up to secure Jeter as an endorser and the fan mail comes in boxloads?
Two months into the following season, Torre called Jeter into his office while the team was playing in Toronto. You think about all those things, and I just wanted to make sure his priorities were right. I told him how important it was to stay focused. I never had to worry about him. His life was baseball. Nobody had to remind him. I still marvel that here was a guy that never disappointed you.
Twenty-five years have passed since the Jeter Era began. The phenom from turned 47 years old on June He and his wife, Hannah, have two daughters.
His parents kept a scrapbook in Jeter has a few signed team baseballs from that year, a glove and a World Series trophy. Someday, he says, he will build a memorabilia room for all the keepsakes of his career. What, he is asked, is the most enduring memory he has from The Charmed Season? Late after a game. And I saw for the first time somebody wearing a T-shirt with my name and number on it—outside of the ballpark.
But that was the first time I saw it outside the park. This is what you dream of. And you always appreciate someone wearing your jersey, still to this day. You still appreciate it. But you never forget your first time. More years have passed since for Jeter than the years that brought him to that launch party of a season. He seemed so ready-made for stardom that it is hard to imagine Jeter, with his accumulated wisdom now, would have any advice if given the chance to talk to his younger self.
And yet, he says, there is something. Every day. Could be one sentence, two sentences. Could be about anything. How I was feeling. Derek Jeter tips his cap to the crowd in his final game at Yankee Stadium on Sept. Because there are so many things you forget. So many things. I played a long time.
But it goes fast. The Yankees led, 1—0. Jeter looked at two balls from Maddux, then swatted a base hit into center field to drive in Girardi.
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Texas, surpassing Willie Randolph for sole possession of second place on the Yankees' all-time list Baltimore, surpassing Bernie Williams for sole possession of fourth place on the Yankees' all-time list Hit safely in the final 15 games of the regular season, batting.
Jeter hit safely in 20 of 24 September games. Ranked second in the American League with a. Became only the fifth player over the past 75 seasons to hit. Has scored or more runs in 10 of his 11 full seasons with the Yankees '02; ' Has been hit by a pitch times in his Major-League career, surpassing Frank Crosetti for the most in franchise history Oakland scored his 1,th career run, surpassing Earle Combs 1, for sixth place on the club's all-time list Boston with the injury Oakland, going 1-for-5 with 1R, 1 double and 1RBI His RBI double in the fifth snapped an 0-for stretch Chicago, snapping a at-bat homerless stretch Chicago NL and the eighth of his career Toronto, surpassing Hal Chase for sole possession of third place on the club's all-time list Hit safely in 36 of his last 37 games to end the season, batting.
Seattle and had 1, career hits, the most by any player through 1, games since Kirby Puckett had 1, Chicago NL Detroit and was 1-for-5 with 1R Toronto jammed right thumb Toronto this season, batting. Boston and 17th of his career Oakland before going 0-for-5 in Game Two.
Texas-to snap 0-for stretch longest such stretch of his career Boston before being removed from the game in the bottom of the 12th inning after suffering a laceration of the chin, a bruised right cheek and a bruised right shoulder Toronto, had gone 46 consecutive games without committing an error Boston in third inning after being hit by pitch on right hand in first Boston and 11th of his career Earle Combs and Ted Williams both did it in each of their first eight seasons; Johnny Pesky did it in each of his first six New York at Shea Stadium Cleveland in top of the third after being slid into at second base by John McDonald Ranks fifth in the all-time Yankee list games or more with a.
Trails only hall-of-famer Babe Ruth. Is only the third Yankee to compile three consecutive hit seasons joining Lou Gehrig, , and Don Mattingly, Reached the run plateau in along with Bernie Williams for the fifth straight season with ; it is only the third time since that teammmates have each scored or more runs for at least five consecutive seasons In 21 games from the lead-off position, reached base 54 times in plate appearances and batted.
Has scored at least runs in each of his five first seasons in the Majors starting with his rookie season Made fifth straight opening day start at SS Oakland and was for during that span Was selected to his third all-star game by manager Joe Torre Raised career batting average to. Toronto had last gone 0-for in April of San Diego.
San Diego in the World Series. Detroit , tying his career high Cleveland at shortstop, hitting. Yankee affiliates combined for a. View More Videos. Play of the Year - MLB. Hitter of the Year - MLB. Moment of the Year - MLB. Performance of the Year - MLB. Right quad strain. Tender left ankle. November 7, SS Derek Jeter elected free agency. Connect with MLB. All rights reserved. MLB Career Stats.
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