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Derek Jeter becomes the first New York Yankee to tally 3,000 hits.

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Sports Monday

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Animal Kingdom, winner of the Kentucky Derby, looks to the second leg of the triple crown, The Preakness Stakes.

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On the subject of thoroughbreds: While fans debate if the Yanks should send Jeter to the glue factory, Derek hit two home runs in yesterday’s 12-5 win over Texas.

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With 3,000 looming Jeter is off to a slow start.

Hope Springs Eternal


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“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.”
James Earl Jones from Field of Dreams

Spring training is here!

The Yankees

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Last night my brother Dan asked me to a Yankee game. We had great field level seats, about half way down the first base line. Andy Pettitte was on the mound, but after taking the lead in the first inning, Jeter and the boys sleep walked the rest of the way to a 6 to 2 loss against the Detroit Tigers.