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One of the best sports articles I have recently read was a Gene Wojciechowski column that appeared on ESPN.com this past Wednesday about how if Derek Jeter’s name were to ever be linked to performance enhancers, he would never watch another major league game ever again. Wojciechowski further went on to say that all of baseball would be doomed if Jeter were to ever test positive. I could not agree more. As long as I have been a Yankees fan, I have always been big Jeter fan, so I cannot help but throw in my own two cents about I would personally feel if such catastrophic news were to occur.

It simply would not do Jeter’s entire career enough justice to just say that he is one of the classiest athletes in all of sports. There is absolutely nothing to genuinely dislike about this guy (Editors note: except his wrongfully awarded gold gloves). Jeter has never created any major controversy on or off the field, and he is a guy everyone can count on to come to the ballpark everyday and play his heart out for nine innings. It is basically impossible to argue that Jeter does not belong on the list of great players from the “Steroid Era”, especially since there has never been any reason to suspect that what he has achieved during his illustrious career is illegitimate. Whenever Jeter does decide to hang up the pinstripes, he will surely not have to wait any longer than five years to receive his invitation to Cooperstown.