Few baseball players have been more thoroughly covered by the media than new Marlins part-owner Derek Jeter. But here are 25 things you might not know about the New York Yankees legend.
1. Long before he became a baseball star, Jeter was a fairly accomplished basketball player. He was a shooting guard on an AAU team in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that played against the likes of Detroiters Chris Webber and Jalen Rose. Word is Jeter was a good three-point shooter.
2. Jeter’s parents — Charles and Dorothy — met in 1972 in Frankfurt, Germany, where they were both stationed with the U.