You want to hate him. You TRY to hate him. You probably tell other people you hate him. But you don’t. You can’t. Yeah, you might be a little jealous that Derek Jeter tied the Iron Horse’s hit record and then waived to Minka “Lyla” Kelly (seriously, has anyone in the history of sports done two things that awesome in the same minute?). But you can’t hate him. Moreover, I’ve heard the following from a number people who are supposed to hate him:
“Duude, youh team sucks baulls except for dat Jeter guy, guy” – Any Masshole Ever
Why is this? Because, in all-seriousness and, yes, I’m completely biased, Jeter is the consummate athlete. He trains hard. He plays harder. He wins. And he shows the press no emotion. And because of all of it, he gives you nothing to hate. Aside from the gorgeous females (BITTIES!) he dates, and the huge house he’s building, we know nothing about him (in reference to the headline, I did crunch the numbers, and Jeter has been with the highest average of the Maxim Hot 100 than anyone). He’s confident without being cocky. In fact, he may be more confident than any player in baseball for the simple fact that he chose 2 as his jersey number. Let’s review here: 1 is Billy Martin, 3 is Babe Ruth, 4 is Lou Gehrig, 5 is Joe Dimaggio, 7 is Mickey Mantle, 8 is Yogi Berra, and so on. And this guy Jeter chooses 2. Ballsy? Maybe. But he knew. He knew, and every coach he ever had knew.
A few weeks back ESPN staff writer Gene Wojohoskdjfnlnalsjfie wrote an article that basically says Jeter’s name being on that “steroids list” is the one that would break the back of the common fan. I think that might just be true. Congratulations Derek.
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To further illustrate how ballsy it was to choose number 2 for his jersey, and then to live up to it in every way, number 6 was Joe Torre as a manager, and number 9 was Roger Maris. In the end, Yankees 1-9 will all be top notch Hall of Famers.