The New York Post sports page today has a picture of Derek Jeter in a Red Sox uniform and quotes Brian Cashman telling Derek Jeter to shop around huh?
Interesting stuff. Especially considering Jeter is only 74 hits away from 3000 hits for his career.
And did I mention that no Yankee has ever reached 3000 hits? The Yankees career leader in hits is Lou Gehrig with 2,721 hits.
How sweet would it be to see Derek Jeter, the face of the Yankees for the past decade, come to the Red Sox and get his 3000th hit in a Red Sox uniform.
That wouldn’t necessarily heal the pain of seeing Wade Boggs leave the Red Sox to win a World Series with the Yankees or seeing Roger Clemens leave the Red Sox to eventually ending up in New York as a World Series champion.
But it would be pretty damn sweet. Not to mention the fact that it would be GREAT for NESNs ratings.
Derek Jeter getting his 3000th hit as a member of the Red Sox would probably break ratings records over at NESN.
Jeters number are very similar to current Red Sox short stop Marco Scutaro. Jeter batted .270 with 10 home runs and 67 RBI in 2010 while Marco Scutaro batted .275 with 11 homeruns and 56 RBI.
So he wouldnt be much of an upgrade statistically. But wouldn’t it be worth the extra $10 million a year in salary to to see the face of the Yankees achieve his biggest career milestone as a member of the Red Sox.
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