Monday night was another night for Derek Jeter to move up the charts in the record books. A shoddy performance by Freddy Garcia and the bullpen overshadowed Jeter's 4-hit night.
Among those four hits was career home run #251; that enabled the Yankees' captain to pass Graig Nettles for sole possession of 9th place on the all-time franchise home run list. It was inevitable, but it was a very nice way for Nettles to celebrate his 68th birthday.(How the hell is Graig Nettles 68?!)
If you never got the chance to see Nettles play 3rd base, you really missed out. One of the best glove men in the business, Nettles performance in back to back World Series wins ('77-'78) against the LA Dodgers was
truly remarkable.
Jeter's quad gave him 3,255 career base hits to tie him with Eddie Murray for 12th place in MLB history. Up next on the hit parade is Willie Mays with 3,283.
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