FUNGOMAN JOURNAL

It's been several weeks since Mariano Rivera's historic election into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Some of the controversy surrounding his 425 ballot nomination raised a few questions in the baseball community: Was he worthy? Of all the previous Hall of Famers, did he deserve the first unanimous vote? I'd like to put forward these questions instead: When someone honors a player, what's our first instinct? Do we quickly acknowledge his achievement or poke holes in his career? In the context of life, the answers of these questions tell us something about ourselves.

On the heels of a historic weekend, "#2" is now retired in Memorial Park, and we would like to give our own salute to the great Derek Jeter. "The Captain," "Mr. November," and "Der-Rick Jee-Ter" ―such hallowed words. Check out these career highlights the world of baseball shall forever revere, and download our free shortstop baseball drill while you're at it.