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.

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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.

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)

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

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