2009 has been a banner year for the Yankees Captain and the accolades keep on coming. The New York Daily News has named him their New Yorker of the Year. In the article, the Daily News had to say this:
This is a man who has the qualities adults admire and children can look up to. Somehow he combines enormous talent with hard work, riches with responsibility, fantastic success with confident modesty and intense competitiveness with true sportsmanship.
And somehow Jeter seems to shoulder the mantle of DiMaggio, Gehrig, Ruth and all the others as if the burden were no heavier than a warmup jacket, a remarkable feat in an age that gives no quarter to celebrity privacy.
I don’t think it can be said any better than that. Even that can be applied to any recent years since Jeter has come up to the Major Leagues. Jeter this year was an AL All Star, a Gold Glove winner, a Hank Aaron award winner, Silver Slugger award winner, Roberto Clemente award winner, SI Sportsman of the Year, and won for This Year in Baseball’s Moment of the Year for becoming the Yankees all time hits leader. Oh, and he did this at age 35. He appears to be aging like a fine wine…yes, a fine wine…
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