Holy Shit!!!

I apologize right off the bat for the title of this post but I can't think of any other way to describe Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit.
Against David Price of the Rays on a 3-2 slider in the 3rd inning, Jeter belted a home run deep to left field at the new Yankee Stadium. The guy always comes through in big spots and sitting on 2,999, after a hit in the first, he wasted no time in becoming the 28th Major Leaguer to reach 3,000 hits and the second one to do it on a home run. The other was former teammate Wade Boggs who did it in a Tampa uni.
People say Jeter can't do this or can't do that. He's lost a step here and he's lost a step there. Screw the critics. Is he the player he was 10 years ago? No. But the guy was, is and always will be a WINNER. He plays his best in big moments and today is a perfect example.
Derek Jeter. The perfect ballplayer. Congratulations to the Yankee Captain. Amazing.
UPDATE: The Yankees won the game 5-4, on a Jeter RBI single in the bottom of the 8th to snap a 4-4 tie. Mariano got the save. Jeter ended the day going 5-5 with 3 singles, a double and the dramatic home run. He scored twice and knocked in a pair of runs. He raised his batting average 13-points to .270.
A nice fellow named Christian Lopez caught hit #3,000 and instead of holding out for big bucks, he just wanted to give Jeter the ball. Lopez, for his generosity and kindness was given a bunch of stuff by the Yankees.
But for Jeter, who stole the show, it was all about the win. It's always about winning for #2.