When New York Yankees' captain Derek Jeter was asked post-game on if a better script were written for a day when he goes 5-5 in at bats and hits not only a home run for his 3,000th hit but also the game winning hit at 3,002, he said he wouldn't have bought it. In a career that has seen many memorable and magical moments, this one's for the Captain. It's the Lovin' Spoonful's Sixties classic "Do you believe in magic" one of my favorite songs. The photo by the way is from Michael Heiman/Getty Images.
I took this from ESPN: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, 17,393 men -- both hitters and pitchers -- have played major league baseball, which puts Jeter in rather distinct company, as just 0.160984 percent of all major leaguers are in the 3,000-hit club. Jeter is also the first of 1,539 men to have ever played for the Yankees to reach that number.
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