I hate the Yankees but you have to respect Jeter for the way he plays and represents the game. I was thinking its rather amazing that the Yankees never had anyone get 3000 hits. I was think if Gehrig had not gotten ill he probably could have played 4 more season and got say 600 hits (150 a yr) and that would have put him over 3000.
Not that hitting 3000 would have made any difference for Gehrig's legend, he also *only* hit 493 home runs instead of the 'magic' 500+, which would automatically put him in the HOF, as would getting 3000+ hits ... but ooops, Gehrig *is* in the HOF for some strange reason ... probably something to do with a .340 lifetime batting average and unrelenting work ethic as well as being a class all around good guy.
Sometimes the overall ballplayer means more than just a few stat benchmarks he may have come up short on