Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeteris an American former professional baseball shortstop who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees. A five-time World Series champion, Jeter is regarded as a central figure of the Yankees' success of the late 1990s and early 2000s for his hitting, baserunning, fielding, and leadership. He is the Yankees' all-time career leader in hits, doubles, games played, stolen bases, times on base, plate appearancesand at bats. His accolades include 14 All-Star selections, five Gold...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth26 June 1974
CityPequannock, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I just think that your private life is private. What I do is obviously public, I get that. I get the fact that people are interested. I'm interested in a lot of people as well. I've just chosen to stay as private as possible.
I always try to take from past performances. You never try to get too high or too low. Just play every game, just treat every game like it's the same.
Well, you don't have to look at the scoreboard anymore.
We're familiar with them and they're familiar with us, so the best team over the next five games will win.
We're helpless now. There's nothing you can do. We just wait to see what happens. But we put ourselves in that position.
We've faced him 100 times playing with Baltimore. He's always been pretty tough. He knows how to pitch. He mixes it up.
We wrapped up our division at the All-Star break,
This will not be Bernie Williams' last game in Yankee Stadium.
We know we can't rely on scoring all those runs. We know it's great to have some guys that are swinging the bats well, and we're going to score. But it's not going to happen all season.
Wakefield was probably as good as I've seen him. His ball was moving all over the place. We could have been out there for another three hours and I don't think we'd have gotten any more hits off him.
My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball.
I've found that it's easier to stay in shape than it is to get into shape.
Those are situations we need to come through in. Those are big. This time of year, especially, you've got to take advantage.
Those are situations you have to come through. Because two-out hits are pretty clutch.