Yanks top Rays 5-4; Jeter homers for 3,000th hit

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1. Duh, Innings! says:

   July 9, 2011 at 9:41 pm

   Jeter needs 512 more hits to be #5 in hits (Tris Speaker has 3514 hits) and #2 in hits by an AL player (Cobb has 4191 hits.)

   I think Jeter could do it.

   If he collected 74 more hits this season – the number of games the Yankees have left to play – for 3077 career hits through this season, he’d need to average only 146 hits a season 2012-2014 to finish with 3515 hits. If he finished with 3515 hits through 2014, I’d go for the gusto if I were him and try for 116 more hits to pass Stan Musial (3630) then another 141 more hits to surpass Hank Aaron’s 3771 hits for #3 in hits. Omar Vizquel is 44 and still plugging away for 3000 hits – why not Jeter? 128 hits in 2015 and 129 hits in 2016 and he’s #3. He’d be only 42 in the middle of 2016, still two years younger than Vizquel is now.

   Btw does anyone think Vizquel will reach 3000 hits? He has 2831 hits last check. I figure if he can collect 40 more for 2871 through 2011, he should just go for it. Too bad he had alot of years where he missed significant time as he probably would’ve had 3000 hits by now or be alot closer to 3000 than he is.

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   • MT says:

     July 9, 2011 at 10:06 pm

     ‘Checked Vizquel’s Baseball Reference page. The 1994 strike and an injury-shortened 2003 really hurt his chances of getting 3000 hits. It’s fair to say he lost the 169 hits he’d need to already have 3000 or the chance to get 3000 this year from those two seasons.

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2. T.O. Chris says:

   July 9, 2011 at 10:09 pm

   I wasn’t really caught up in the chase for 3000 but I have to say watching Jeter get that hit was pretty special, in a way that I didn’t think it would be.

   Besides the home run itself, I have to say my favorite part was the embraces Jeter and Alex had. That relationship has come a long way, and you could see Alex was very genuinely happy for Jeter on a day he finds out he is probably going to miss more than a month.

   Great win, great game for Jeter, great day to be a Yankee all around.

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3. Pete says:

   July 9, 2011 at 10:10 pm

   Fuckin’ Orioles!!! ‘Laid down for Boston a third straight time, but what did I really expect? LOL. It’s the O’s annual tease ‘n’ swoon.

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4. BobCano says:

   July 9, 2011 at 10:21 pm

   Fun fact about this: the first hit surrendered by David Price in the majors was none other than a Home Run to one Derek Sanderson Jeter. Atta boy Jete! Time for a BIG second half from the King of NY!

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   • T.O. Chris says:

     July 9, 2011 at 10:29 pm

     I’m still not ready to say Jeter will have a huge second half. This was a great day, and one that doesn’t need to devolve into talking about his negatives, but his bat has clearly slowed down, and that isn’t going to reverse because he hit 3000. If he ends the year hitting .265+ I think the Yankees will take that.

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     • Steve S. says:

       July 9, 2011 at 11:13 pm

       Agreed. I’m not throwing out 2+ seasons of weak ground balls after one big day. Remember the 2 HR game in Texas? He did nothing for the next month.

       I will give him another chance, though. I’ve been convinced he’s a diminished player since the middle of last year. But there’s a theory that the contract was weighing on him last year, and he admitted the DJ3K was on his mind in today’s presser. Let’s see if he rolls off a hot streak after today’s game. I wouldn’t bet on it, but I will keep a somewhat open mind for the next few weeks.

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       • T.O. Chris says:

         July 10, 2011 at 9:03 am

         If I may I’d like to change subjects Steve. I really want to know your position on the Ubaldo Jimenez conversation I was having with Smurfy the other day. At the time it was really more just me spit balling, but since then I have read for the right price the Rockies would listen to calls about Jimenez. So until the trade deadline comes and goes, dashing these hopes I’d at least like to have the conversation. Would you trade Hughes, Montero, Banuelos, and Betances for Jimenez? Do you think they would do it?

         I understand that the likely that group would out career WAR Jimenez alone, but the addition of his arm gives us one of the best 2-3 rotations in baseball with him and CC alone.

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5. Phil C says:

   July 10, 2011 at 12:07 am

   I don’t care if he never gets another hit. Today was special! It was history!

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6. shimig says:

   July 10, 2011 at 12:21 am

   great day for jeter
   i find it hard to believe that the “pressure” of 3000 affected one of the greatest postseason performers of all-time. this may be the last highlght of jeter’s magnificent career.
   for baseball’s sake i really hope vizquel, a below average hitter, doesnt get to 3000

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   September 8, 2011 at 8:01 pm

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