Growing up, I always thought that 500 Home Runs was THE milestone in baseball.  As many of those who recently achieved that benchmark have been been painted with the PED brush, it doesn't have the same cache that it used to.     

This has not been the case with 3,000 hits and those who have achieved that milestone have not been tainted...well at least with their performance on the field anyway.  Derek Jeter has just joined this illustrious list and did it all as a member of the New York Yankees.  We here at notinhalloffame congratulate Derek Jeter and look forward to placing him near the top of our list when eligible....of course we only expect him to be on our list for one year!

We admit we have been procrastinating on our Basketball list, but the retirement of Yao Ming from a Hall of Fame perspectve is fascinating to us.  The former number one draft pick had a good NBA career, but it is hard to say that is is Hall of Fame worthy.  With that said, could a case be made that his impact in China and basketball Internationally makes him a viable candidate?  It just might.