The Kansas City Chiefs are pursuing history this season, attempting to become the first team to three-peat as Super Bowl champions in NFL history.
Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter after his appearance at Fanatics Fest in New York City about his journey into sports memorabilia, which led to his co-creation of Arena Club with business entrepreneur Brian Lee and revealed the mindset of his New York Yankees three-peat teams.
“When you’re starting your career, when you get baseball cards, back then, I don’t know how they do it now, but they used to send you a bunch of rookie cards,” Jeter explained. “They’d send me twenty of them, and you could keep it. So my parents used to collect all the memorabilia, baseball cards, and everything.
“We had a flood in our house. Everything got ruined. So I lost a lot of memorabilia and baseball cards. So when I conversed with Brian (Lee), he explained it to me, and it hit home. He said that before, the trading card industry was almost like a secret society for years, and I think it’s coming to the forefront.”
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Jeter is a five-time World Series champion with the Yankees and had a well-known three-peat run from 1998-2000. He shared his wisdom about securing rare accomplishments and what the Chiefs may have to do to make history.
“You have to stay hungry,” Jeter said. “I told someone a couple of weeks ago (that) we had won championships. No one walked around with their championship ring; I was over with it. It doesn’t make a difference that you won. Nobody cares. When we’re playing a new season, you have to stay hungry. I think the more success you have at times, the more challenging it can be.”
The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers are the last team of the four major American professional sports to accomplish the three-peat.
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