0keepalive.com Derek Jeter 3000th Hit: What Jeter Told Me About Chasing Dreams Caleb Jennings Breakey Former Associate Reporter MLB.com NEW YORK — The Yankees had won and all the reporters were finishing interviews in the New York clubhouse. A couple of them thanked Mariano Rivera for his time, and a scattered few did the same around Jorge Posada. I fidgeted by number 2's locker, hoping the Captain would arrive before I lost courage. The clubhouse door closed and I knew I was the last reporter standing amid the lockers of legends. I prayed security wouldn't shuffle me out. I had to talk to Derek Jeter face-to-face, human being-to-human being. In hindsight, I don't know what I was thinking. When he finally came out of the trainer's room, I froze. Without my professional facade, I suddenly felt like a credential-less nobody. "How's it going, buddy?" Jeter said with his never-changing calmness and matching demeanor. A warm guilt ran through me. Just like all of my childhood friends, I had loved hating the Yankees. So naturally I hadn't liked "pretty-boy" Jeter. How I wish I could take those thoughts back and replace them with honor and respect. "Going well, thank you." In spite of my rehearsed transition, it came out awkward. "I ... just finished reading your book." "Oh yeah?" "It meant a lot. I mean, it's really good. Everything you said about chasing your dream and doing the right thing." "Thank you, man—really appreciate that," Jeter said, sliding his arms into a collared ...
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