THIS BLOG WAS WRITTEN IN JANUARY 2020. BECAUSE OF COVID, JETER HAS YET TO BE FORMALLY INSTALLED IN THE HALL OF FAME BUT, LORD WILLING, THAT CEREMONY IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE NEXT MONTH.
DEREK JETER HAS BEEN ELECTED TO BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME TONIGHT.
The only other one to get voted in was LARRY WALKER, and Jeter was named on all of the ballots except ONE. He therefore failed to be voted in UNANIMOUSLY like teammate Mariano Rivera was a year ago, but still he got into the Hall EASILY and DESERVEDLY.
Jeter spent all 20 seasons of his career with the YANKEES and was our CAPTAIN through many of them. He led by classy example, and the Yanks won five World Series titles with him on the team.
His STATS were amazing but, even more important in light of MLB's recent cheating scandals, Jeter was NEVER accused of cheating in any way, never in trouble with the law and ALWAYS, it seems, a good example of sportsmanship DESPITE having a burning drive to win and to excel. He proves that you can gain your goal without losing your soul.
THEY SAY THE HALL OF FAME SHOULD BE ABOUT STATISTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS, NOT ABOUT CHARACTER and I agree with that.
But every once in awhile, a guy like DEREK JETER comes along and gives us BOTH!
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