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This time, he avoided the platitudes and generalities. For once, he let us peek behind the neatly polished armor that protects his pristine image.
On the night he climbed within four hits of 3,000, Derek Jeter told us what was on his mind. He did it on his terms, because he is too smart to have done so otherwise. He didn’t sound angry. He didn’t take it too far. He didn’t name names.
But by Jeter’s understated standards, it was stunning.
The revealing question came from a reporter who asked, simply, whether Jeter is enjoying all of this.
There was no need to explain what this meant. Jeter knew. This is the hype, the history, the attention, the reporters, the cameras — partially because of the coming...
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