As a kid, my Dad saw DiMaggio in his prime. For my brother’s generation, the player was Mantle. And, while Bobby Murcer was my favorite player, the Yankees of my teen years didn’t have a DiMaggio or Mantle. Don Mattingly came along in the 1980’s and showed glimpses of that type of greatness. Then, on June 1, 1992, the Yankees used the sixth overall pick in the MLB Amateur Draft to select Derek Jeter. The boy who wanted to play shortstop for the New York Yankees was drafted out of high school in Kalamazoo, MI.
I saw Derek Jeter play
