There was always an aura about Derek Jeter, and it was no surprise when the New York Yankees used the No. 6 pick in the 1992 first-year player draft to select him.
Jeter was clearly one of the best players in the nation, and when the Yankees handed in a piece of paper with his name on it, a key part of the young man’s dream was coming true.
Jeter may have played for Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but he had wanted to be a Yankee from the time he picked up his first baseball glove.