Ross: Face it, every Derek Jeter hit from now until the end of his career will be a major production.
Me: I think it‘ll die down after 3,000. Besides, even NY can only get so excited about singles...
Ross: They’re not just singles, they‘re LEADERSHIP.

—Back and forth between me and fellow editor Ross Pfund after I posted a link to Roger Angell’s New Yorker article on Jeter and 3,000 hits. (Read all the way through for a great quote from Lou Brock...)