Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Greatest Hits

So Derek Jeter now has the Yankee record for most hits, 2722, surpassing Lou Gehrig. This is shocking. With all those famous Yankee players--Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle, Berra, Mattingly, etc.--none of them were even close to the 3000 hit club.

(Actually, the record is only for games played as a Yankee. Otherwise, plenty have made the list--Boggs, Henderson and Winfield, for example.)

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Showing either
a) the Yankees' penchant for keeping guys only in their productive mid years and then casting them away or

b) their "greats" weren't really really so great but had "greatness" attached to them because they played in NY (and OK on a hugely successful team)

5:33 AM, September 15, 2009  
Blogger Irene Done said...

b is correct

12:47 PM, September 15, 2009  

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