Derek Jeter Honored For Having Fewer Hits Than Harold Baines

My favorite line, although this entire article is amazing:

Jeter's 2,722nd career hit not only puts him in the company of Yankee legends, but also ranks him with an elite group of 675,000 additional baseball players past and present with fewer hits than Baines, who played for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox again, Baltimore Orioles again, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles for a third time, and Chicago White Sox yet again, and is not a member of the Hall of Fame.

[Harold Banes]

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precisely.

by jboone on Sep 17, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wonderful.

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Sep 17, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

the MVP moment

I heard Jeter breaking this record rubberstamps him as a 2009 MVP

by Shawn in Binghamton on Sep 17, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Funny

Because only in Yankee land is that a record. Everywhere else, he’s 52nd all time in hits.

Mauer, on the other hand, will set a record this year: Most batting titles by a catcher.

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by cmathewson on Sep 17, 2009 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I saw this when doofus linked to it

“I’m glad I can tell my kids that I was at the game when Derek Jeter [didn’t come close to getting as many hits as 22-season veteran Harold Baines, who won his only World Series as a bench coach],” Yankee fan Nick Sullivan said. “[Harold Baines].”

I love the brackets.
Great article.

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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Sep 17, 2009 5:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs