Jeter goes for 3,000

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As captain of The New York Yankees, Derek Jeter has pulled through for his team numerous times. Jeter, this season, is only 74 hits away from the big 3,000 hits to add to his legendary status as one of the all time great shortstops. Passing Lou Gehrig in 2008, Jeter is the all-time Yankees hits leader. At only age 37, it will be interesting to see how high he can take his hitting to the Hall of Fame list.

There has been some speculation that due to Jeter’s recent swing change, chances of breaking this 3,000 earlier this season is grim. Jeter is practicing shortening his front-foot stride when hitting. However, hitting only a ground-ball single out of two spring training games, this new stance is questionable and will be interesting to see how he will adjust throughout the season.

In an interview with the Washington Post Jeter commented on his new stance. "It just cuts down on bad habits," Jeter said. "Striding too far forward. Tying yourself up. Habits that I got into last year. Trying to just eliminate those. It's just repetition, really. That's the only thing that you're trying to do is just doing it over and over until it becomes natural."