101 Reasons to Like Derek Jeter
1001 Reasons to Like
Derek Jeter
- He plays shortstop
- He plays for the NY Yankees
- He is a five tool player
- He has green eyes (How can you not like green eyes on a
person? They illustrate good character.)
- He batted .202 in his first season in pro ball
- He made 56 errors in his first season in pro ball
- His relationship with Zimmer
- His foundness for Luis Sojo
- He batted .349 in '99
- He hit a career high in homeruns in '99 (24)
- He drove in 102 rbis and scored 100 runs for the Yanks in
'99
- The way he says "most definately" all the time
- His play deep in the hole at short were he
catches-jumps-throws
- He has good taste in cars
- The way he and Bernie congragulate each other (that foot
kick thingie)
- His inside out the ball approach to hitting
- His friendship with Alex Rodriguez
- The way he handled the 1999 All Star Voting Thing with
Nomar
- The humble way approach he takes to handling the press
- He loved the Incredible Hulk growing up
- He was raised in a place called Kalamazoo
- The way he calls Joe Torre, "Mr. Torre"
- He admits he isn't a good golfer
- He hates running and situps
- He likes to sleep in
- He won his ROY award unanimously back 1996
- In all four years of his young career, he has made the
post season
- He already is in possession of TWO WS rings
- He loves his family a lot
- He has a foundation to aid in the prevention of
adolescent substance abuse
- He likes the NY Knicks
- The way he is always smiling and always having a great
time on the field
- The fact he still actually drives his first car he bought
with his first pro ball pay check
- He actually has took his mom out clubbing
- The fact he signs the most autographs of any Yankee
player before and after games
- He tries to answer all his fan mail
- He had 219 hits in the 1999 season
- He has 807 career hits at age 25, putting him in
contention for 3,000+ hits in his career
- He has settled the Yankee shortstop position, while
between him and Bucky Dent there were 32 shortstops to
play the position
- He only missed four games in 1999
- He can possibly jump the highest of any Yankees
- He admits he can't cook
- He had 3.89 GPA in HS if you dig smart guys
- He has a contract Michael Jordan of all people
- He endorses peanut butter
- He speaks latin
- He lives in a golf community
- He plays awesome in the postseason
- Both his first name and his last name fit a
pattern--three consonants separated by two e's
- He has fun playing baseball
- The way he puffs out his cheeks when he swings the bat
- His name isn't his father's name backwards (like another
MLB shortstop)
- The way he wiggles with Luis Sojo after something big
happens
- The fact he hangs out with Chuck Knoblauch (a Chuck
Brigadier gave me this one, if you can't tell already).
- All the cool things he does for his fans
- He gets the best seats for Knick games
- Someday he will sign the biggest contract in baseball
history, but he doesn't focus straightly on that, like
other big players in baseball do
- He knows some really cool people (or in my opinion some
really lucky people know him)
- He rubs Zim's head before every game
- His sister's name is cool (Sharlee, not Sharleen like
everyone elses)
- His name sounds fluid when said over the PA by Bob
Shepherd (Now batting........Number
2.......Derek......Jeter)
- Who else on the Yankees can get away with pouring
champagne on Steinbrenner?
- He is one of the most coachable, appreciable, young
players in the sport of baseball today (otherwise stated
as he is a student of the game)
- He has a cool computer with a DVD player included in it
- His house in Tampa is a five bedroom, Meditteranean-style
home (if you have ever seen houses that are Med-style,
they are so awesome looking
- He call Chuck, "Knobalocka"
- He took the one first place vote in the 1999 MVP voting
that would have given Pedro MVP
- He didn't make a big fuss over finishing sixth in the MVP
voting even though he deserved to be in the top three
- He is going to win his arbitration case again this
offseason and get the most ever awarded in arbitration
- He was the only shortstop of the "BIG THREE" to
not go down once because of injuries (DL)
- He spends his winter in Tampa working out at the Yankee
Complex
- He is a Michigan Wolverine fan
- He is seen at various sporting events all the time
(sports fanatic=way cool)
- He has lots and lots of sites on the web dedicated to him
- Who else on the Yankees has their own cereal?
- He uses black gloves and bats?
- He is better that Nomar (Red sox
- Because he is DEREK JETER
- Because it is funny how he calls Steinbrenner "Boss
Man"
- He is the best shortstop in the game!
- His favorite food is Chicken parmesan, yum!!
- He hasn't let fame go to his head
- He said new york women are the most beautiful women in
the world
- He attended the SI awards
- He DIDN'T look like a loser trying to "shine
up" a bat on Smackdown!
- He plays on the team that is the Team of the Century and
the Team of the Decade
- He won High School Player of the Year back in 1992 as a
senior in HS
- He won Minor League Player of the Year in 1995
- He has been voted to the AllStar game twice
- He doesn't sit with Star Jones at Knick games
- Those commercials that are out now with the Wonder music
playing in the background
- The way his interviews come off
- Everyone says he is "special
- He is still improving as a ball player
- He says he still improving as a person
- That big new contract he is going to sign
- He went to Jorge's wedding in Puerto Rico
- He is appeared on the cover of GQ again, with ARod and
Nomar
- He hired his father to run his foundation
- People aren't bitter over him going to sign his new
contract
- He was Jorge's Best Man in his wedding
- He second favorite sport is basketball.
- He was the 2000 All Star Game MVP
- He sticks up for his teammates
- He's a good role model
- He sets a good example for those who are biracial (as
well as for everyone)
- He runs out every ground ball and doesn't really pull up
untill the ball is the firstbasemen's mitt
- His new Gatorade commercial is cool.
- The way he kicks at the dirt in the batters box before he
steps up to bat*
- He has so many websites online.*
- He has such an ecletic fan bases. People from all
different places and cultures dig him.*
* New as of 8-13-00
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