2 Chapter 1 Always a Yankee

Chapter 1 Always a Yankee Derek Sanderson Jeter grew up in Michigan. But he was born, on June 26, 1974, in Pequannock, New Jersey. He and his parents lived in nearby West Milford, close to his mom's family. Their town was just a car ride away from New York City and Yankee Stadium.

德里克·桑德森·基特在密歇根州长大。 但他于1974年6月26日出生在新泽西州的佩昆诺克。 他和父母住在附近的西米尔福德，离他母亲的家很近。 他们的小镇离纽约市和洋基体育场只有一段车程。

Derek's grandmother Dot was a huge Yankees fan. She grew up listening to games on the radio, cheering baseball greats Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe DiMaggio. She even waited on line for hours to pay her respects to Ruth when he died and his body was on view at Yankee Stadium.

德里克的祖母多特是洋基队的超级球迷。 她从小就听着收音机里的比赛，为棒球巨星贝比·鲁斯、卢·格里格和乔·迪马吉奥加油。 当鲁斯去世时，她甚至排了几个小时的队来表达她的敬意，他的遗体被陈列在洋基体育场。

YANKEES LEGENDS BABE RUTH (FEBRUARY 6, 1895–AUGUST 16, 1948) GEORGE HERMAN RUTH JR. BEGAN HIS BASEBALL CAREER AS A PITCHER FOR THE RED SOX. IN 1920, HE WAS TRADED TO THE YANKEES. HE PLAYED OUTFIELD AND BECAME A SLUGGING SENSATION, BREAKING HIS OWN SINGLE-SEASON HOME-RUN RECORD THREE TIMES. HIS 1927 RECORD OF SIXTY HOME RUNS STOOD FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS. RUTH WAS A YANKEE FOR FIFTEEN YEARS AND MADE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR HIS OUTSIZE PERSONALITY, AS WELL AS HIS SKILL. HE WAS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME, ELECTED IN 1936. LOU GEHRIG (JUNE 19, 1903–JUNE 2, 1941)

洋基传奇人物贝比·鲁斯(1895年2月6日- 1948年8月16日) 作为红袜队的投手开始了他的棒球生涯。 1920年，他被交易到洋基队。 他打外场，成为一名棒球明星，三次打破自己的单赛季本垒打纪录。 他1927年60支本垒打的记录保持了34年。 鲁斯在洋基队待了15年，因为他过人的个性和高超的技术而上了报纸的头条。 他是棒球名人堂最早的成员之一，于1936年当选。 卢·格里格(1903年6月19日- 1941年6月2日)

GEHRIG, A BORN-AND-BRED NEW YORKER AND A YANKEE FROM 1923 TO 1939, PLAYED WITH RUTH FOR TWELVE YEARS. WHILE RUTH GOT MOST OF THE HEADLINES, GEHRIG IS ALSO CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS EVER, AND ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED. HE RETIRED IN 1939, WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FATAL ILLNESS, ALS, NOW KNOWN AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE. HIS FAREWELL SPEECH INCLUDED THESE FAMOUS WORDS: "TODAY, I CONSIDER MYSELF THE LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH." HE DIED ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER, KEEPING HIS YANKEES CAPTAIN TITLE UNTIL THE END. JOE DIMAGGIO (NOVEMBER 25, 1914–MARCH 8, 1999) DIMAGGIO PLAYED WITH GEHRIG FOR OVER THREE YEARS AS A YANKEES CENTER FIELDER. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS STYLE AND GRACE ON AND OFF THE FIELD. THE YANKEES' MANAGER CALLED HIM "THE MOST COMPLETE BALLPLAYER I'VE EVER SEEN." HIS

格里格是土生土长的纽约人，1923年至1939年在洋基队打球，他和露丝一起打了12年球。 虽然鲁斯占据了大部分头条新闻，但格里格也被认为是有史以来最好的球员之一，也是最受尊敬的球员之一。 他于1939年退休，当时他被诊断出患有一种致命的疾病，现在被称为卢伽雷氏病。 他的告别演说中有这样一句名言:“今天，我认为自己是这个地球上最幸运的人。” 大约两年后，他去世了，他的洋基队队长头衔一直保留到最后。 乔·迪马吉奥(1914年11月25日- 1999年3月8日):迪马吉奥作为洋基队的中外野手与盖里格一起打了三年多。 他在球场内外都以他的风格和优雅而闻名。 洋基队的经理称他为“我见过的最全面的棒球手”。 他的

RECORD FIFTY-SIX-GAME HITTING STREAK IN 1941 STILL STANDS.

1941年创下的连续56场安打的纪录仍然保持着。