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Are the Yankees Showing Too Much Faith in Derek Jeter’s Health?

class="ui-droppable">Over the last two decades, the New York Yankees have put the fate of their franchise in Derek Jeter's hands. Now, as the 39-year-old enters the twilight of his career, the team is asking its captain to do something only three shortstops in the history of the sport have done: profile as an everyday shortstop as a 40-year-old.

From 1996 through 2012, spanning the first 17 seasons of Derek Jeter's career, the Yankees shortstop averaged 151 games played per year. That number, remarkable on its own, is even more staggering when considering the chunk of games missed in both 2003 and 2011 due to shoulder and calf injuries, respectively. 

For 15 of 17 big league seasons, Jeter played in at least 148 games. During that span, the ...

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