It'll be interesting to see how Yankee fans handle A-Rod's chase for 3,000 hits; he's only 238 away, meaning it could come as soon as the end of next season-ish. Obviously Jeter is venerated in a unique way, and our celebrating his approaching milestone is also a way to bask in the 5 championships he helped bring the Yankees. Meanwhile, a lot of people hate A-Rod forSo far tonight the Yankees fans have been pretty delirious in their rotting for A-Rod to get the hit (not Jeter-esque, of course), probably because of a combination of three things: some backlash against the over-reach vis-a-vis the A-Rod hate, the fact that A-Rod is one of the best Yankee hitters this year, and of course if history is to be made you want ti to happen when you're there.not being Derek Jeterflying jets into the World Trade Center, so I wonder if it will be somewhat muted. Fans are possessive of Jeter's greatness, and tend to get agitated whenever A-Rod slides into the picture. It also doesn't help that Jeter will be only the 10th player to get all 3,000 with one team, while A-Rod was in Seattle and Texas before joining the Yankees in 2004. I'm also surprised A-Rod only has 300 more strikeouts than Jeter, which is less than 20/year. Seems like a classic home run hitter would have way more than a singles slapper. Also, that Kim Kardashian has some nice titties, doesn't she?
I look forward to the 9th, when A-Rod hopefully gets another crack at it.
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