Yankee Lore

What truly makes people special is the rare ability to make their performance or deeds meaningful to the masses....to make people care...This can occur in any venue...politics...entertainment...business or...sports. We just witnessed this in sports with the Yankees Captain Derek Jeter. He has consistently provided the Yankees and their fans with moment after moment of special and heroic deeds...His place in Yankee lore is becoming obvious...but what makes Jeter so special goes way beyond his accomplishments...yes, he is a great ballplayer...a clutch ballplayer....a classy ballplayer...but more than that he carries those qualities into real life...He is gracious and humble about who he is and what he's accomplished...In those ways he is more like Lou Gehrig than anyone could have imagined...his commitment to the team...to winning...to being a leader....makes it more than ironic that he has broken the record of the person he is most like...they should be and will be joined together forever because of what they have accomplished...but maybe they should be joined together more so for who they are.