A Historic Night in the Bronx

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 4-2 but that was just a sidebar. Derek Jeter collected three hits to tie Lou Gehrig for most hits in franchise history with 2.721. It was a great moment as he stood on first and the whole crowd gave him a standing ovation, the whole dugout was out on the top steps and even the Rays stood cheering on the top steps of their dugout. Derek Jeter did tip his helmet to the crowd and point up at his parents and yes his girlfriend Minka Kelly was also there. It is fitting that on this night his best friend Jorge Posada would have the game winning hit a pinch hit three run homerun in the 8th inning. Brian Bruney and Phil Coke closed out the game in the ninth inning. The Yankees completed a 4 game sweep and moved to 41 games over 500. The story of the game though is Derek Jeter. It really is amazing to have watched his whole career and start to realize how great he is. The thing about Derek Jeter is he is always about the team and winning and the next day. He never steps back and realizes what he has accomplished and I think that is part of the fans not doing it either. When you look at Derek Jeter you look at the intangibles and the rings and I think it is only fitting that he tied this record on a day the Yankees won the game so he can look at it as well I helped the team win. He said in the postgame how it was awkward for him when he tied the record because the team was losing at the time and it is hard for him to recognize an individual achievement. The stadium though was truly rocking and it was amazing to see his family in his box react and also his teammates and the opposing team, it showed how much of a class act he is when the other team was up cheering for him. The postgame was great to watch also as he handled himself well as always, I really enjoyed hearing Jorge and Andy and Mo as they have been together all these years and you can see how proud and emotional they were. I am going to the game Friday and I can't wait, it is going to be so electric and I can't imagine what it will be like if he does get a hit to break it. I have no doubt he will do it friday and wouldn't that be fitting for him to accomplish it on 9/11. Congratulations to #2 Derek Jeter for tying the record and breaking it soon. He is on his way to Cooperstown and being immortalized in Monument Park and it has been so enjoyable to watch him all these years. It isn't over yet and Derek has many more years left and more memories and it would be great to get the record on Friday and finish it off next month with another World Championship.