Derek Jeter Being One Vote Short of Unanimous is Embarrassing

The New York Yankees added yet another Hall of Famer to their resume now that Derek Jeter has officially taken his place among baseball's immortals alongside former Rockies star Larry Walker.

Jeter almost followed in Mariano Rivera's footsteps and became another unanimous inductee, but one voter went rogue and left No. 2 off of their ballot despite a laundry list of HOF-worthy credentials.

One vote. There is no possible reason to look at Jeter's resume and think anything other than Hall of Famer. With five World Series', 14 All-Star appearances, a World Series MVP, and more than 3,000 hits to his name, Jeter was about as perfect a candidate as they come.

Jeter himself, who set the record for voting percentage among position players with 99.7 percent, doesn't seem to bothered by the whole fiasco, choosing instead to focus on the hundreds of voters that put him in Cooperstown.

The voter who left one of the greatest infielders in the history of the game off his ballot almost certainly wants people to read his column and ask him to come on TV to explain his decision. The best thing we can do is not amplify his message and give him the attention he wants once his name is made public.