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NEW YORK - From the very first inning - first pitch, first swing, even the moment he christened the batter's box leading off the game - Derek Jeter teased history, although the look on his face by the ninth inning suggested it's the other way around.
The captain was thrown out by a half-step on a slow roller up the third base line, putting the final touch on the Yankees' 5-1 loss to the Rays. More significantly, Jeter inched to 2998 hits for his career, which sounds breathless enough, except that he'd smashed a double on the very first pitch saw from Jeff Niemann.See the full content of this document
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Derek's Chase Just One Long Tease
With an entire game still ahead of him, the Stadium's sold-out crowd had sweeping visions of a coronation in its head. The ballpark was electric - no, delirious - when Jeter stepped to the plate in subsequent trips to the plate in the second, f...
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