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Derek Jeter is hot. No ladies, not sexy hot, although we kind of understand what you mean, but Jeter is on a tear. Seven games after hitting a paltry .189, Jeter is now hitting .233, still well off his career average of .317. While Jeter's tear comes against Baltimore and Tampa Bay, there is no discounting the confidence that must have now.
In last night's victory against the Orioles (box score), Jeter went 4-5 with a double and two solo home runs. Despite leading by 5 runs when entering the 9th inning, the Yankees bullpen made the game more exciting than it needed to be. Tom Gordon gave up 3 runs and Mariano Rivera gave up 1 run. The tying run for Baltimore was on 3rd when B.J. Surhoff flied out to end the game, giving Rivera his 19th save of the season.
Jeter finding his bat is a little bitter-sweet for Gothamist. We're happy he's back to his old self, but we're kind of upset that we didn't trade for him in our fantasy league while his stock was low. We'll make do with our patchwork shortstop situation though.
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Throughout his slump Jeter said that he felt comfortable and the hits just weren't falling in. He was right -- he looked fine (unlike Soriano's slump in the playoffs, where he looked overmatched and lost while striking out in record numbers).
He also said that his best swing last night (when he was 4-5) came on the double play ball he hit, which just proves what a crazy, unpredictable game baseball is.
Jesus... the hair again.