DEREK JETER BECOMES NEW YORK YANKEES ALL-TIME HITS LEADER

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ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 DEREK SANDERSON JETER BECAME THE ALL TIME HIT LEADER FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES PASSING HALL OF FAMER LOU GEHRIG WITH 2,722 BASE HITS. THE GAME WAS AGAINST THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES AND THE HIT WAS SURRENDERED BY CHRIS TILLMAN. EVEN THOUGH THE YANKEE LOST THE GAME 10-4 IT WAS STILL A MEMORABLE MOMENT IN YANKEE HISTORY.

"FOR THOSE WHO SAY TODAY'S GAME CAN'T PRODUCE LEGENDARY PLAYERS, I HAVE TWO WORDS: DEREK JETER. GAME IN AND GAME OUT HE JUST PRODUCES," YANKEES OWNDER GEORGE STEINBRENNER SAID IN A STATEMENT.

THE DAY AND NIGHT WAS ATTACKED BY MANY RAIN SHOWERS BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP TRUE YANKEE FANS FROM WATCHING HISTORY BEING MADE. THE CROWD OF 46,771 EMBRACED THE YANKEE GREAT FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY CHANTING HIS NAME REPEATEDLY AND LOUDER CHANTS OF MVP WHICH MEANS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER.

DEREK WAS DRAFTED BY THE NEW YORK YANKEES IN 1992. HE IS THE CURRENT TEAM CAPTAIN AND HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS THE YANKEE HAD WITH THE 1990'S DYNASTY WHICH WON FOUR WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS. DEREK WON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 1996 AND HELPED THE YANKEES WIN A WORLD SERIES TITLE. DEREK JETER BECAME THE ONLY PLAYER TO WIN THE ALL STAR GAME MVP AND THE WORLD SERIES MVP IN THE SAME YEAR. HE IS A MAN THAT IS VERY WELL LIKED BY HIS PEERS AND TEAMMATES THROUGHTOUT HIS TREMENDOUS CAREER. HE HAS ALSO WON GOLD GLOVES AND SILVER SLUGGERS.

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