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Derek Jeter reaches 200 hits for eighth time in his career

Derek Jeter follows through on a first-inning base

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac

Derek Jeter isn’t 100 percent but as he likes to say, no one is this time of year.

And so, still dealing with a bone bruise in his left ankle that kept him from playing the field since leaving a Sept. 12 game in Boston, Jeter was back at short for the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Blue Jays.

In his first at-bat, Jeter singled to center for his 200th hit of the season....

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