You have to give Derek Jeter credit. He has a great sense of themoment. Not only does Jeter get his 3,000th hit at Yankee Stadium, in front of fans,family and friends, he achieves it in grand fashion by going 5 for5. And in doing so, he further connects himself with Craig Biggio,who had gone 5 for 6 when he became the last player to reach 3,000hits. This is the sort of thing that gives baseball fans goose bumps.You either get it or you don't. There's no other sport in which somany numbers and facts accumulate over time, linking players acrossgenerations and leaving baseball nuts with an unending treasuretrove of information to sift, savor and share. Jeter got his first big-league hit off Tim Belcher. Biggio gothis first hit off Orel Hershisher, who was Belcher's teammate onthe
A New York State of Mind
Published July 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM
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