http://yanksgoyard.com A New York Yankees Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/11/is-4000-hits-a-plausible-achievement-for-the-yankees-derek-jeter/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/11/is-4000-hits-a-plausible-achievement-for-the-yankees-derek-jeter/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:00:20 +0000 Benjamin Orr http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=7632 Not even going into this year, but last year, Derek Jeter had his doubters. People would say that Jeter’s old, washed up and that he provides nothing beneficial to the team other than being the captain. That however is far from true. While Jeter’s defensive range has become more than just limited, his offensive production is honestly some of the best he’s been putting up in the past few years. A lot of people still doubt his 2012 season, putting him on the pedestal of his 2009 numbers. Regardless of that, Jeter currently leads the AL in hits with 148 and is third overall in the entirety of the MLB. Pete Rose, like Jeter, also got his 3,000 hit at the age of 37 and ended up with 4,256 at the age of 45 when he retired. I’ll beat this dead horse some more and say that age is a mental aspect. I’m not saying Jeter is going to be playing ’til he’s 45, but then again I’m not saying he couldn’t either.  (more…)

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