1.   Jeter plays even harder and makes more incredible plays in October.

2.   Jeter played a minor league game in Tampa Friday night and hoped to fly by private jet to New York to be ready for the Red Sox Saturday.

3.   Jeter will play in a minor league game Friday.

4.   Jeter is playing his second year of major league baseball.

5.   Jeter has played in just five games this spring.

6.   Jeter has played the field past two days in minor league games after being sidelined two weeks.

7.   Jeter was playing in just his second game after starting the season in the disabled list with a strained right quadriceps.

8.   Jeter was playing in just his fifth game this spring.