A Season of Milestones

As another regular season grinds toward an anticlimactic finish (with the current playoff format can there be any other kind) lets reflect on several of the highlights that gripped or missed our attention for the past five months.

Derek Jeter reaches 3,000 hits - and keeps on rolling. An enormous individual achievement, the first by a Yankee, consuming gallons of media ink, and topped off by a home run. What a script.

An even rarer event - Jim Tome's 600th home run, ignored by most, a testament to hard work, dedication, preparation, longevity, and deserving of first round selection to Cooperstown.

And the rarest of all, Omar Vizquel becomes the first active player to cash a social security check.