Derek Jeter: A Good Baseball Player

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Derek Jeter
Ishii Shun
There are many people who play sport in the world. Some people play soccer, and some people play baseball and some people play basketball. There are many people who are very good at playing sport. Many very good baseball players have come from American, for example, Derek Jeter and Miguel Cabrera and Babe Ruth. These people show me special play and fine play, However, one man is very special for me. My American idol is Derek Jeter. He is a baseball player in New York Yankees. I think that he is a very good baseball player in the world. I have three reasons.

First reason, he is very good at fielding of baseball. His fielding gives an intense impression to people so he was chosen as shortstop most skillful at fielding

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