I try to be pretty pragmatic about these things (imho), but I think more than many players out there, Jeter owes his livelihood to his fans. He's a first-ballot HOFer, far more for his fame than for his stats.
I honestly don't expect any athlete to spend the time that guys like Bobby Doerr must spend signing each day...but I do think that if he took a long, hard look at his station in life, he would realize that signing an auto for each of the people that got up at 3am just to interact with him for 10 seconds was a very small price.
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