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In March of 1996, the Yankees® spring training camp was buzzing with plenty of questions about a young shortstop named Derek Jeter. Could he hit and field well enough at the big league level to replace an injured Tony Fernandez? Was this 21-year-old who grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, ready for the bright lights of New York City? In the first game of the season in Cleveland, Jeter cracked a homer and answered some of the doubters. That rookie season featured nine more homers, 148 hits, an on-base-percentage of .370, and a 17-game hit streak that is second in Yankee history to Joe DiMaggio’s 18-game rookie hit streak in 1936. After batting .369 in the 1996 post-season, and being an integral part of a World Championship club, Jeter collected the American League Rookie of the Year trophy as the questions faded. Over the next three years, Jeter proved his first season was not a fluke with 53 more homers, and batting averages of .291, .324, .349. Here, from a game in 1998, he dives to rob a hit from a Minnesota Twin® while displaying the range that makes him one of the games best fielding shortstops. Now, Jeter has his three World Series rings, is a two-time all-star, and an MVP candidate. Meanwhile, the Yankees, who have not had a captain since 1995, look to Jeter for on and off the field leadership. The questions are gone, Jeter is a fixture and the heir to Yankee greatness.
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