Sometime this week, Derek Jeter will break Lou Gehrig’s record for all time hits as a Yankee.
When Jeter does so, he will have accomplished the feat at the New Yankee Stadium–and it will be the first historic Yankee moment unrelated to the Stadium itself to occur there.
The selling point of the old Stadium, to many, had less to do with the physical building itself, but more to do with all of the historical (in the baseball world, anyway) events that occurred on it. The knock against the New Stadium, by some, was that it had none of the history, none of the emotion, none of the memory of the old park.
Thing is, new ballparks can’t be built with history already made, like a frozen meal.
History has to be created.
The more history you want, the longer it takes to make.
Right now, the very first of what we hope will be many historical moments is right at the doorstep. Don’t talk to Jeter about it–he’s not one for personal milestones, it’s been well reported–but for someone who is about to become the all time most prolific Yankees hitter, there’s something fitting about the fact that he will achieve his mark in a place where he will be the first to really do something truly historic.
Many will still say that the New Stadium won’t be truly christened until the Yankees win it all, but Jeter’s milestone, and its place should not be ignored.
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Well Jeter went 0-4 in the first half of the DHer so he is either going to have to have a great game 2 or wait for another day to become the Yankee hit king.
News flash Alex Rodriguez now has a better average than Mark Teixeira he is at .282 with a shot at 28 HRs I would say Alex has done an incredible job coming back from hip surgery and making the adjustments to play and for the most part play well for a team who needed him.
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heres an example of someone (jeter) not putting up supposed mvp numbers who is as valuable to his team over time as any of his contemporaries, and as a follower of the nyy since the mid fifties i have had the privilege of watching such a class act play for my favorite team.
we have watched some of the greatest players ever over the last two or three decades and we never realize it until they are finished with their careers, every era has its great players and this one is no exception.
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well, the first one was Jorge’s opening day home run which will live forever in trivia
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Andy Sonnanstine is made to order for Jetes. I think he’ll at least tie the record tonight. It would be nice if he ties tonight, and breaks it tomorrow so that two sellout crowds can show him the love.
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The other Chris H Reply:
September 8th, 2009 at 12:30 am
unfortunately Jeter put up the big O going 0-8 team looked great in both games anyway.
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Rebecca, I’m sorry to play word police but that title bugs me every time I read it. ‘Historical’ refers to things that happened in the past or the sudy thereof, as in ‘the study of historical England’ or ‘The New York Historical Society’. It’s best used in the past tense.
‘Historic’ would apply to present tense events or something about to happen. It cant be ‘Historical’ if it hasn’t happened yet. It’s a very common misuse if the word, and I just wanted to call it to your attention.
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Rebecca Glass Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Hah!
I may or may not change it.
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Steve S. Reply:
September 8th, 2009 at 6:21 am
You rascal you! I can’t look at it!!
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