Derek Jeter: Born to Be a Yankee

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In the fourth grade, Derek Jeter told his teacher that he was going to play shortstop for the New York Yankeesa dream would come true less than a decade later. Drafted out of Kalamazoo Central High School in 1992 when he was just 18, Jeter was the Yankees starting shortstop and the American Leagues Rookie of the Year in just four years. One of the few professional athletes to have played his entire career with a single team, he helped the Yankees win five World Series championships, four of them in his first five years.

Now, after nearly two decades in pinstripes, Jeter is retiring as an active player at the close of the 2014 season. Not only is Jeter the teams all-time career leader in hits, games played, stolen bases, and at bats; he is the all-time leader in hits by a shortstop in major league baseball. A recipient of dozens of awards and accolades, admired by fans, teammates, and opponents alike, Derek Jeter is and will always be the quintessential New York Yankee.

Drawn from the breadth of the New York Posts archives and photo library, Derek Jeter: Born to be a Yankee charts the future Hall of Famers rise and commemorates every significant highlight and milestone in his career. Packed with dozens of color photographs, it pays homage to the man who has personified the modern New York Yankees, and will be a collectors item for both Yankee fans and baseball aficionados of all ages and generations.

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