Derek Jeter: Baseball's Famous Bachelor

Off the field Ruth reveled in his celebrity status, enjoying a wild and extravagant life. However, his high living and headstrong behavior eventually began to take a toll on his performance. He was still baseball’s premier player but fellow teammate and newcomer Lou Gehrig started to show signs of greatness

When you start your education at Sport and Medical Sciences Academy(SMSA) you are taught and are expected to follow the four core beliefs that shape our school and its environment. The four core beliefs are discipline, respect, dedication, and responsibility or how most students know it as D.R.D.R. However, SMSA students are not the only ones that abide by these rules and beliefs. A well-known athlete that is a great example of this is the New York Yankees shortstop, Derek Jeter. According to Jeter, his success did not come overnight. His biography displays all the hard work he went through to become the best and he started just at the age of eight with a goal of becoming a shortstop for the New York Yankees. Jeter inspires others to set their goals above and beyond, and if you work hard or believe in yourself that you can achieve anything you want.

"Derek Jeter, a professional ballplayer for the Yankees…" are the exact words Derek Jeter, himself, used in his eighth-grade yearbook (Jeter xvi). For as long as he could remember, Jeter has longed to be a New York Yankee. Fifteen years after predicting he would be a professional ballplayer for the Yankees, Derek Jeter is now more than a Yankee. Jeter isn't only a Yankee; he is a family guy and a World Champion. His career started when he was five years old, and everything has evolved from there. Sports fans know what life for Derek Jeter is now, but what was life like before he became a world champion, superstar, and captain of the New York Yankees.

Nowhere in the country is he more popular than in Seattle, where he is considered the savior of baseball in the city. In the 1980s, the Mariners were a historically moribund franchise playing in the crumbling Kingdome. Prior to his arrival, the Mariners had been seriously considering a move to Washington DC, but that all changed once Griffey came (Fort, 2000, p. 313). His exciting style of play immediately attracted fans and attention to the franchise (Caple, 2010). In 1995, Griffey led a miracle rally to the Mariners first playoff appearance in decades (Reader, 2010), and capped the season by scoring the game winning run to defeat the New York Yankees in the first round (Schaefer, 2003, p.6). His rise rejuvenated baseball and the city in general, leading the building of the new stadium, Safeco Field, dubbed the “House That Griffey Built”.

Jackie Robinson is known for his will and determination, in a game where African Americans were not allowed to play. Major league baseball (MLB), was the biggest professional baseball league in the country but was racially segregated. Growing up in poverty, Jackie Robinson faced many struggles. Jackie was a great athlete that could play multiple sports, just not major league baseball. He competed and excelled at numerous sports, including basketball and football. As good as an athlete he was, Jackie Robinson obtained a college degree and attended UCLA. He played baseball in the all black, Negro leagues, until he broke the MLB’s color barrier in 1947. Though Jackie was mostly known for his athletic abilities, he did his part as a civil rights

Jackie Robinson is one of the best baseball players of all time. He was a great baseball player, as well as a civil rights activist. Jackie did many things to help the colored community, and to raise awareness of the inequality that was going on at that time. He did that while being one of the best baseball players of all time, and facing that discrimination in his personal life. Jackie was a hardworking individual, with the motivation to go over and beyond his task. Jackie Robinson was civil rights activist, and has an enduring legacy.

Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson did more in his short baseball career than anyone else ever did for the sport. He was always able to push on despite the criticisms and punishment he took from others. No other man can say that they broke the color barrier or that they changed the sport of baseball forever. To do what he did required strength and the ability to endure physical and mental pain. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American Major League Baseball player.

Derek Jeter was able to make his debut on May 29th, 1995. The very next year in his first full year in the majors, he hit ten home runs and had a .314 batting average. He helped the Yankees go to a World Series against the Atlanta Braves and win. In 1998, they also beat the Padres to win another World Series. And yet again in 1999, they go to another World Series and beat the Braves once again.

In 1949 he won National League MVP meaning he was the most valuable player in the league. Then in 1955 he won the World Series. Then soon after being traded from the Dodgers Jackie retired in 1957. Throughout his whole career Jackie continued to endure tremendous racism but with help of Branch Rickey and the growing support

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There has been a burgeoning conversation over which player might warrant the moniker as the face of Major League Baseball. The debate whirls around in circles, with as many as two-dozen names receiving mention. However, these three players surface on every list as the worthy face of the game.

Derek Jeter is known as an influential player in the world of sports and on a generation of people growing up during that time. He played for the NY Yankees for 20 historic seasons known as the prime for their organization. His position for them was shortstop and never played anywhere else for the Yankees. The Yankees were only professional team he played for and one five championships for them. This was very rare for a player to spend 20 years with a team that drafted them because during that Era most players were only a part for 4 years at most. Derek is known by the Yankees as the captain of the Bronx’s and of their organization. The biggest wins of his career were during the 1990s and 2000s. They won most games during that time on his dependable hitting, clutch base running and terrific plays at shortstop. Deter turned out to be the Yankees all-time leader in the category for hits with 3,465. He also

Derek Jeter is one of the most beloved baseball players in the history of baseball. His rookie year he won the Rookie of the Year Award, but did not have the best fielding stats in the league. His rookie year he had the most errors ever in his career. He had twenty two errors that season and needed to improve.

First of all the Yankees have had some of the greatest baseball players of all time. Starting with Babe Ruth, known as The Homerun King with over 700 home runs, or Aroldis’ Chapman with the fastest pitch ever thrown at 105 mph. Next, there is Joe Dimaggio who won three MVPs, thirteen All-Stars, and was a two time Homerun leader. There is also Mickey Mantle who had three MVPs, twenty All-Stars and was a four-time Homerun leader. Some other extremely famous Yankees baseball players are Yogi Berra who was a four-time slug leader, National league MVP, and a four-time All-Star and Derek Jeter who was a five-time Golden Glove winner, World Series MVP, Rookie of the Year, five-time Silver Slugger, MVP, and fourteen timAll-Star. These players not only have the awards shown above but almost all are very well known such as Babe Ruth also known as The Great Bambino. All in all the Yankees have had some of the greatest if not the greatest players in baseball.

This inspired him. He wanted to be High School Player of the Year senior year. He was determined to be High School Player of the Year senior year. Derek pushed himself day in and day out. Junior year, Derek batted .557 with 7 home runs and was considered one of the finest high school players. Sure enough, Derek Jeter was named USA Today High School Player of the Year his senior year. He went from wanting to be the kid in that magazine to being the kid in that