Derek Jeter will break Pete Rose's Hit Record

[D. Bergin]

I'd like to see Jeter get to 4000. Anything past that and I think he'd just be hanging on.

The ankle is healing slowly, so it's just another sign that he IS aging.

We saw Jeter slow down quite a bit when he was suffering nagging injuries starting a few years ago, and he eventually rebounded from that.

I think it will be even harder to bounce back this time.

[doug.goodman]

No way.

His career average for hits in a year is 193 (not including 1995), if he were to continue at that rate, which even the biggest Jeter fan will admit is impossible, he would pass Rose during the last game of the season in 2017, when he is 43.

That is not going to happen.

Doug


PS - I would love to see him do it, even though he's a F'n Yankee

PPS - Just an FYI - Rose got hit #1 the day before his 22nd birthday, Jeter had 80 hits on his 22nd birthday, so they started at similar ages.

PPPS - at the point in Rose's career where Jeter is now, Rose only had 68 more hits than Jeter does, but he wasn't coming off a broken ankle.

[talkinbaseball]

i'm rooting for him, but you see how long his ankle is taking to heal.
Derek will not just hang around and go for the record, he has way too much class to do that.

john guzze

[packs]

Depends how much Steiner offers him.

[71buc]

I don't see him ever willing to be anything other than The Yankee Shortstop. I think that title and the rings mean more to him than Pete's record. Since he won't play short into his 40s without being a detriment to the team I doubt he hangs around and embarrasses himself. His place in baseball history has been established. As soon as he is no longer to play the 6 he will exit with the same class he has displayed his whole career. I hate the Yankees but respect Jeter much more than the tragic comedy Pete has become.

[iwantitiwinit]

Absolutely no way in my opinion. He'll never be able to finnish up at shortstop and I think it will be almost impossible for him to dh or play given the Yankees propensity to have high dollar large producers at those positions. I also think there is a good chance his productivity this year will be limited, I can see him on and off the field a lot this year, 2 weeks on several days of rest etc. Without a 180-200 hit year this year I don't think he even gets to 3750.

[prewarsports]

I absolutely HATE the Yankees but I have to admit, in the last decade I have come around on Jeter. I have to admire the work ethic and I like it that despite playing in New York and being a superstar he has not had much bad press. We all know he sleeps around, but not being married thats his choice. No weapons charges, no reports of infidelity or steroids etc. So, the numbers speak for themselves and I have to admit that he is a model player.

Having said that, there is no way in hell he breaks Rose's record unless he wants to go out as a shadow of his former self just to do it which I think would tarnish his legacy more than the hit record would help it.

On the Ichiro front, whether its "MLB" or not, he will be the all-time hit leader when he retires. People will be quick to discount it, but you cant take away the hits he accumlated.