Just call him Derek Hustle

They used to refer to Pete Rose as Charlie Hustle but I think it's time to change Mr. Hustle's first name to Derek in reference to Derek Jeter.

Jeter recently moved passed Lou Gehrig for the most hits ever at Yankee Stadium with 1,270 all-time. And just for the heck of it, I've been looking through all his hits at the Stadium since he made his major league debut in 1995 and there are quite a number of bunt singles and infield singles.

To me, that definitely means that Jeter is hustling or busting it no matter what the situation. He hasn't said it but he subscribes to that Joe DiMaggio reasoning of playing hard because "there might be someone that's never seen me play before". I've seen Jeter play in person in at least 300 games at Yankee Stadium and many more on TV and not once can I remember him not busting it out of the box.

I remember his 2,000th career hit was one of those hustle plays back in May 2006 and the fact that he consistently hustles was why he was rewarded with a hit on a play that could have been judged either way.

The hit was a nubber that Paul Bako got up the third base-line. Bako realized that Jeter always hustles which led him to rush his throw and send it over Doug Mientkiewicz's head.

Whether it's his first hit or his 2,000th, Jeter has always hustled and deserves any accolades that are sent his way. While the current stadium will be missed, there's no doubt Jeter will continuing hustling across East 161 Street.

Whether some of his current teammates do that (maybe they know who they are) is another story but the Yankees can be thankful they have Jeter and the Houston Astros did not listen to their advice of scout Hal Newhouser in 1992.