Yeah, they didn’t sweep the Mariners like we had all hoped they would, but this game will not go unforgotten. Derek Jeter, El Capitano, the pride of the Yankees, tied and broke the record set by Luis Aparicio for hits all-time by a shortstop. If that’s not something to be proud of, I don’t know what is. I told this to fellow blogger Beth in response to her post-game entry. I started following baseball and the Yankees in 1996, the first year Derek Jeter was the starting shortstop. Sure, I spent my days crushing on him like most adolescent girls did (and still do), but I soon got over that, and feelings of utter respect emerged. When I started playing softball around that time, I was a shortstop. I imagined myself playing like him – making those range-to-the-right plays and making the jump throw to nail a runner at first base, making those range-to-the-left plays, pulling a 360

° and accomplishing the same, diving for balls left and right. I had such respect for him and how he played the game. That respect has stayed in place for the past 13 seasons. He’s an amazing ballplayer to say the absolute least, and he is truly, truly a class act.

Jeet only has 34 hits to pass Lou Gehrig for hits all-time as a Yankee. Now that will be something to watch for. Bryan Hoch covered the game, and wrote this in his wrap-up [via yankees.com]:

“It was kind of hard to believe,” Jeter said. “I just try to be
consistent year in and year out. I think if you’re consistent, then
good things happen.

“I don’t ever sit around and look back on anything that we’ve done,”
Jeter said. “It’s just more of what you can do to try and improve.
That’s what you try to do, year in and year out.

“I think being consistent is something that gets overlooked at times,
but I think every player strives to be consistent. That’s all you can
do.”

Consistent, he certainly is (as well as ridiculously modest).

Other good things during yesterday afternoon’s game:
1. Nick Swisher belted his 20th homer of the year. It’s mind-boggling to see his average and still call him successful. But as many people have said, he is having a solid season. He had 2 RBI out of the three the Yankees scored.

Yeah, that’s about it… =l Womp womp. I’m not even gonna get into Joba Chamberlain and the rest of our pitching squad. That was just annoying.

The Yankees go into Oakland tonight. I won’t be around for the game – I’ll be partying [legally, don't worry], so I’ll just have to rely on texts and Twitter to find out what’s up! (If you have a Twitter, click that link to follow me! =) )

O, captain, my captain! Rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up – for you the flag is flung – for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths – for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning.

- Walt Whitman, “Leaves of Grass”

TTFN, ta-ta for now!