IT's back...and there is NO escape from it....

[Blizzard1090]

With the return of Derek Jeter...the hype begins again for his 3,000th hit. PLease, just let him get it so we don't have to hear about it anymore.*

*At least it's a player I have respect for but still, I'm sick of hearing about it already.

[Remember The Alomar]

With the return of Derek Jeter...the hype begins again for his 3,000th hit. PLease, just let him get it so we don't have to hear about it anymore.*

*At least it's a player I have respect for but still, I'm sick of hearing about it already.

I really hope to god he doesn't go into some massive slump at 2999 like A-Rod did at 499. I couldn't take the constant coverage.

[Don Quixote]

I'm just hoping that if he has to make it to 3,000 , that it doesn't happen against the Orioles.

[SammyBirdland]

Here's a sneak peak at part of the tribute video footage that ESPN has prepared for when Jeter gets his 3,000th hit:

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XLwW7ZDWn5Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[PrivateO]

With the return of Derek Jeter...the hype begins again for his 3,000th hit. PLease, just let him get it so we don't have to hear about it anymore.*

*At least it's a player I have respect for but still, I'm sick of hearing about it already.

Jeter has 6 to go and we play them at the end of July in New York. That gives him about 20 games to get 6 hits.

I think he'll get it by then, thank god. When he initially went on the DL, I immediately thought he'd come back and do it vs. the O's.

[BaltimoreTerp]

The MLB Netowrk game tonight is the Yankees and Indians with the YES feed. When Kay asked their poll question "What do you love most about July Fourth," I SWORE he was going to replace the last two words with "Derek Jeter" based on how the first two innings went. Brutal.

[Don Quixote]

Jeter has 6 to go and we play them at the end of July in New York. That gives him about 20 games to get 6 hits.

I think he'll get it by then, thank god. When he initially went on the DL, I immediately thought he'd come back and do it vs. the O's.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that.

[Moose Milligan]

I'm just hoping that if he has to make it to 3,000 , that it doesn't happen against the Orioles.

I bet it'll happen. He'll have some flare-ups from his injury and he'll be slow getting back anyway. It'll take some time and then he'll get his 3,000th against us.

Normally 6 hits in 20 games shouldn't be a problem for him but I dunno...he's slowing down, the injury, etc. Especially if there's a chance he'll get it at home...with our luck, I bet it happens against us.

[SammyBirdland]

I bet it'll happen. He'll have some flare-ups from his injury and he'll be slow getting back anyway. It'll take some time and then he'll get his 3,000th against us.

Normally 6 hits in 20 games shouldn't be a problem for him but I dunno...he's slowing down, the injury, etc. Especially if there's a chance he'll get it at home...with our luck, I bet it happens against us.

With Buck's recent history with Jeter, he'd earn major points with me if he intentionally walked Jeter for all his plate appearances.

[Blizzard1090]

With Buck's recent history with Jeter, he'd earn major points with me if he intentionally walked Jeter for all his plate appearances.

He won't from me...solely because putting a runner on base with our pitching staff is dumb.

[OFFNY]

I'm just hoping that if he has to make it to 3,000 , that it doesn't happen against the Orioles.

I was at the game in 2009 when Jeter broke Lou Gehrig's franchise record for career hits. WE won the game.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200909110.shtml

[Blizzard1090]

I was at the game in 2009 when Jeter broke Lou Gehrig's franchise record for career hits. WE won the game.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200909110.shtml

Yea...and less than two months later..the Yanks won the World Series..hope that's not an omen.

[Birds of B'more]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that.

I'm betting plenty of us thought that. I know I did. And the only thing worse than him doing it against the O's in New York would be him doing it at OPACY. I would actually not watch a single one of those games if that scenario came up, history or not.

[TakebackOPACY]

Out of respect for his marketing team, I agree not to engage in any inappropriate acts of congratulations.

http://www.nesn.com/2011/07/derek-jeters-marketing-team-lays-out-strict-ground-rules-for-congratulatory-advertisements.html

[PrivateO]

Out of respect for his marketing team, I agree not to engage in any inappropriate acts of congratulations.

http://www.nesn.com/2011/07/derek-jeters-marketing-team-lays-out-strict-ground-rules-for-congratulatory-advertisements.html

Kanye West is jealous of Jeter and his marketing team's ego.