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Derek Jeter: New York Yankees
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As captain of the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter has been a household name both on and off the field. Jeter is the cornerstone player of a Yankee team that has won four of the last nine baseball championships ('96, '98, '99, '00). This baseball is personally hand signed by Derek. Officially licensed and authenticated by Major League Baseball. Comes with a hologram and certificate of authenticity from Mounted Memories.Click for Authenticity!
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Derek Jeter is the shortstop for the New York Yankees and the founder of the Turn 2 Foundation. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Life You Imagine. He lives in New York City and Tampa, Florida. Visit the Turn 2 Foundation at www.Turn2Foundation.org.
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Derek Jeter, who has played shortstop for the New York Yankees for the past thirteen years with a lifetime .317 average through 2007, came very close to winning the MVP award in 2006. He finished a close second to Justin Morneau, getting 12 first-place votes compared to 15 for Morneau, whose team came from far behind to win the division. A former Rookie of the Year and eight-time All Star, Jeter is in good company since the similarity scores method shows the most similar players to Jeter (through 2006) include six Hall of Famers and several other players who are strong candidates for the Hall.
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New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter has landed in tax trouble with the state of New York. State officials say the star shortstop owes the state back taxes for claiming to live in Florida when his actual residence is New York City.
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Jeter has spent his entire career with the New York Yankees, starting in 1995 when he was 20 years old. He has won the American League Rookie of the Year Award, a Silver Slugger Award, and three Gold Glove Awards. In 2000, he became the only player to win both the All-Star Game MVP Award and the World Series MVP Award in the same year. His .317 career batting average through the 2006 season ranks him with the 5th-highest lifetime batting average of all active baseball players. He has been in the top seven in the American League in both hits and runs scored for nine of the past ten years. During the 2000s he ranks second in the major leagues in hits (1,504), fourth in runs (857), and tied for seventh in batting average (.317) (stats accurate as of July 28, 2007).[1]
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One of the major contributors of Yankee’s success since 1996, Derek Sanderson Jeter was born in Pequannock Township, New Jersey on June 26, 1974. He is presently the New York Yankees Captain. Since 1993 up to 2006, Jeter has achieved 24 awards and an All-Star shortstop for eight years.
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