03163nam a22002897a 4500 BJBSDDR 20251127163947.0 ta 251013s2012 mau||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780547747606 (pbk.) 0547747608 (pbk.) eng DLC eng GV 865 J58O 2012 O'Connor, Ian, 1964- 45257 The captain : the journey of Derek Jeter / Ian O'Connor. Boston ; New York : Mariner Books, 2012 xii, 414 pages ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction 1: Kalamazoo kid 2: Draft 3: E-6 4: Rookie of the year 5: Champion 6: Perfection 7: Dynasty 8: Flip 9: New guys 10: Alex 11: Great divide 12: Moment of truth 13: Rebirth Epilogue Acknowledgments Note on the author's interviews and sources Bibliography Index Overview: Every spring, Little Leaguers across the country mimic his stance and squabble over the right to wear his number, 2, the next number to be retired by the world's most famous ball team. Derek Jeter is their hero. He walks in the footsteps of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle, and someday his shadow will loom just as large. Yet he has never been the best player in baseball. In fact, he hasn't always been the best player on his team. But his intangible grace and Jordanesque ability to play big in the biggest of postseason moments make him the face of the modern Yankee dynasty, and of America's game. In The Captain, best-selling author Ian O'Connor draws on extensive reporting and unique access to Jeter that has spanned some fifteen years to reveal how a biracial kid from Michigan became New York's most beloved sports figure and the enduring symbol of the steroid-free athlete. O'Connor takes us behind the scenes of a legendary baseball life and career, from Jeter's early struggles in the minor leagues, when homesickness and errors in the field threatened a stillborn career, to his heady days as a Yankee superstar and prince of the city who squired some of the world's most beautiful women, to his tense battles with former best friend A-Rod. We also witness Jeter struggling to come to terms with his declining skills and the declining favor of the only organization he ever wanted to play for, leading to a contentious contract negotiation with the Yankees that left people wondering if Jeter might end his career in a uniform without pinstripes. Derek Jeter's march toward the Hall of Fame has been dignified and certain, but behind that leadership and hero's grace there are hidden struggles and complexities that have never been explored, until now. As Jeter closes in on 3,000 hits, a number no Yankee has ever touched, The Captain offers an incisive, exhilarating, and revealing new look at one of the game's greatest players in the gloaming of his care Jeter, Derek, 1974- 46252 Yankees de Nueva York (Equipo de béisbol) Historia 44535 Jugadores de béisbol 5141 Biografías Estados Unidos lcc BK cmc 125494 125494 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-10-13 0 GV 865 J58O 2012 00000195789 2025-10-13 14:09:00 1 2025-10-13 BK