3000 hits

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera currently has 597 career saves.  He's 3 away from becoming just the 2nd player in Major League Baseball history to reach 600.

Are you surprised by that news?  Let me ask it this way - did you even know that?

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Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price isn't taking a page from Christian Lopez's book.  The lefty is looking to cash in on Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit.

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Did you want to be there? Couldn’t get tickets? Want just to see what could have been? Boom. Here you got no need to thank me for being able to pretend that you were there sitting on the first base line

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I don't know what was a bigger story - Derek Jeter's 3000th hit being a homerun or the fact that a 23-year-old dude named Christian Lopez just gave the ball back to the Yankees and didn't want anything in return.

What on earth was this guy thinking?

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Saturday afternoon Derek Jeter connected for the 3,000th hit of his illustrious career. This accomplishment, while an amazing feat, is just another in a long list of highlights that has colored Jeter’s tenure. It

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Oh Captain, My Captain! Saturday afternoon Derek Jeter connected for his 3,000th career hit.  He would go on to collect four more hits, including the game winner in a Yankee win.  It's the latest and greatest personal achievement in a career that has seen him tally a Rookie of the Year award, five Golden Gloves, one World Series MVP, and five World Series Championships to name a few accomplishments.  As a life long Yankee fan who started paying attention to sports when Jeter was a rookie, this day was particularly special.  So come along with me, if you will, as I wax poetic about one of the greatest Yankees of all time.

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Derek Jeter has just hit his 3,000th hit, which turned out to be a majestic home run into the left field seats. We will have more on this story later on today!

Friday night's game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Yankees has been postponed due to rain.  The Tampa Bay Rays made an interesting decision regarding the make-up date.

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Derek Jeter finally made his return back to the Yankees last night after suffering a calf injury in mid-June.  The Yankee captain missed 18 games while on the DL.  During that time, New York went 14-4 and took over 1st place in the American League East.

Before you read any further, just realize that I'm not saying that the Yankees are better off without Jeter.  I'm just saying they can win without him.

However, they can't win without closer Mariano Rivera - who is currently nursing a tender right arm. 

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