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Article: DEREK JETER: Baseball's Hottest Heartthrob.(Brief Article)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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New York Yankees superstar gets matinee-idol treatment from swooning fans
IF ever there was the perfect personification of the term "chick magnet," then it comes in a 6-foot-3, 195-pound package called Derek Jeter. He is charming; he is polite; he is good-looking; he's smooth and suave, and he just happens to be rich, the recent recipient of a $10 million-a-year contract with the world-champion New York Yankees.
One of the best examples of the All-Star shortstop's amazing appeal came during the World Series parade in New York City's Canyon of Heroes. In a sea of reveling fans who had come to celebrate the Yankees' 25th world championship, there was one ...