{"product_id":"sports-illustrated-derek-jeter-9781629379487","title":"Sports Illustrated Derek Jeter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrating a New York icon and one of baseball's most beloved superstars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDerek Jeter made his major-league debut at age 20 in 1995. The following year, he earned Rookie of the Year honours as the starting shortstop as the Yankees won the team's first championship since 1978. Over the next two decades, Jeter kept hitting and the Yankees kept winning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time he hung up his pinstripes at the end of the 2014 season, the Yankee captain had collected five World Series rings and 3,465 hits. He was named to 14 American League All-Star teams and boasts a .321 career batting average in the World Series. It was no surprise when Jeter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2020, receiving more than 99% of the vote.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of Jeter's induction in Cooperstown in 2021, these moments and memories are collected in \u003ci\u003eDerek Jeter: A Celebration of the Yankee Captain\u003c\/i\u003e, a fully illustrated gift book commemorating the career of the most beloved Yankee of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing more than 100 photographs and unparalleled written coverage from the pages of \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, this new volume provides readers a complete portrait of the ultimate team player who became a role model and a baseball icon—from earning the Yankees starting shortstop job in spring training in 1996 to his record-setting postseason play and his walk-off single in his final game at Yankee Stadium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis lavish keepsake also features \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e's best written coverage of Jeter's career, including pieces by Tom Verducci, Joe Posnanski, Michael Silver, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46845805134060,"sku":"9781629379487","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3128153482768.jpg?v=1758896761","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/sports-illustrated-derek-jeter-9781629379487","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}