Derek Jeter News

Only a year or two ago New York was all atwitter about how iconic shortstop Derek Jeter seemed to be aging in dog years, in leaps of seven seasons at a time, and how surely he was not deserving of a new, long-term contract.

That's why when we piece together a list of today's top sports biographers, it's headlined by Howard Bryant , Jane Leavy , Leigh Montville , Jonathan Eig , Mark Kriegel and Laura Hillenbrand .

Since the Yankees first baseman decided to abandon the changes he was attempting, returning to his normal approach, he's been on fire.

It's notoriously difficult to judge a player's Hall of Fame chances, especially with Major League Baseball having gone through the dreaded steroid era.

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New York Yankees including shortstop Derek Jeter, center, and first baseman Mark Teixeira gather on the mound as manager Joe Girardi takes the ball from starting pitcher Andy Pettitte, second from right, in the eighth inning of the Yankees' 8-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals during their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, ... (more)

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With the high school baseball season just behind us, American Legion ball under way and the Gastonia Grizzlies slated to open at home on Tuesday, America's Pastime is settling into its spot on the local sports calendar.

Even a Yankees team that has had its struggles this year has little trouble with the A's . New York blasted three homers on Friday at the Coliseum, all of them off Oakland starter Tyson Ross, and the A's - challenged more defensively than offensively - fell 6-3 in the opener of the three-game series.

It is 2004, and a 24-year-old pitcher is flying high above New York City. He pulls up the window shade and gazes down at the skyscrapers below.

Dozens of all-time greats have worn pinstripes for at least one game, but as of 2012, the Yankees have only retired 16 numbers in honor of 17 players.

No, he didn't sign with a Major League team, and no, he didn't catch on with a Minor League affiliate.

Before his first game in the Bronx, Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas walked out beyond the centerfield fence and visited Monument Park.

It has been common to wonder year after year if a team that relies so much on older players, as the Yankees do annually, has reached a tipping point in which grayness outweighs greatness.

It was a victory that eluded the Yankees hurler. Nova hopes for some better luck this evening as he tries to get New York off on the right foot in the opener of a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics.

Ivan Nova had no problem racking up strikeouts in his last trip to the mound. It was a victory that eluded the Yankees hurler.

Recently a friend mentioned that the Yankee winning percentage with Derek Jeter playing was the same as without Derek Jeter playing.

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The New York Yankees, the most famous and most successful baseball side in the world could be up for sale for $3 billion, which would make the Yankees the most expensive sports-team on Earth.