Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeteris an American former professional baseball shortstop who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees. A five-time World Series champion, Jeter is regarded as a central figure of the Yankees' success of the late 1990s and early 2000s for his hitting, baserunning, fielding, and leadership. He is the Yankees' all-time career leader in hits, doubles, games played, stolen bases, times on base, plate appearancesand at bats. His accolades include 14 All-Star selections, five Gold...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth26 June 1974
CityPequannock, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Santana did a great job. We scored those couple of runs early, but after that we didn't do much damage off of him.
People say this is the greatest offense ever. But let us play awhile. Names don't win games. You have to play the games.
We had our opportunities. We were in it until the last inning. We put pressure on them.
Even in the minors or at the All-Star game, you're still part of the Yankees. It's going to seem weird to put on another uniform and play for another team. It's a new situation for me but I'm looking forward to it.
I've never even thought about it. Maybe because I don't have any kids. I know it's a big problem, but I just never thought about it. I've never had any reason to bring awareness (about it) to myself. What Joe is doing is groundbreaking. I think it's a lot harder to be the first person to talk about it. Maybe more people will start because of him.
I've always said the best teams make the playoffs and the hottest teams win, and we haven't been the hottest team.
Everybody talks about our offense, but that doesn't win games. Pitching and defense does.
Every game you lose is a missed opportunity, every one of them. At this point, we have 20-something games, and every single game is important, whether we're playing Tampa or playing Boston, Toronto or Baltimore.
Every game they pitch, ... we know is an opportunity to win.
Every game out was like a bigger game for him, ... and he got better and better.
Don't get it wrong ? both teams are capable of pitching well. The atmosphere makes it special, makes it fun.
You feel bad because Moose did an outstanding job and we wasted his performance.
There's no sense of accomplishment. We didn't accomplish anything.
We don't play to just make it to the playoffs, we've been to the playoffs before. We play to win, and we fell short again.