It's a lucrative, pleasant lifestyle with very few drawbacks. Derek Jeter could reward himself in such a fashion this winter. But it won't happen. Shortly after the World Series ends, win or lose, the Yankees shortstop plans to relocate to the house he bought in Tampa, Fla., minutes from the team's spring training complex.
Baseball comes first.
That's your job. You have to do it. And everything else is second. It's the attitude Jeter has carried to his status of borderline superstar. His third season in the major leagues was a breakthrough not only in baseball but off the field as well.