Derek Jeter gets hit #2416, passes Mickey Mantle

ap photo. With Joe West and Lyle Overbay. Hits in regular season Yankee career:

• 1. Lou Gehrig 2721

• 2. Babe Ruth 2518

• 3. Derek Jeter 2416

• 4. Mickey Mantle 2415

Followed by Bernie Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Don Mattingly, and Yogi Berra

• P.S. Hitting is only 1 component of an MVP of course, but Joe Christensen would not vote for Derek Jeter for any reason, as he told Charley Steiner on XM, Sept. 19, 2006:

No to Jeter, because he's on a "team of rich guys getting it done."

• Conscience of MLB, Guardian of Integrity of the Game, BBWAA voter, unbiased professional. Given more freedom and power than an average Supreme Court Justice. (sm)

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