Reply #2: Why do you think it's cool?

[jeter]

Do you like Derek Jeter?

Notice how the "j" is lower case. When I first got the internet, back in 1996 or something, I would go to all these sports sites. There was one on the baseball finals and the Yankees were in the final. So the discussion was about them and whoever their opponents were. I had to pick a name, couldn't think of one and finally picked "Jeter" after Derek Jeter, who was the only player from the Yankees that I knew of.

The truth is i'm a Red Sox fan and always have been. Anyway, I would visit other sites and chat rooms and couldn't think of anything to call myself. So i'd call myself jeter. My email address - jeter_#$%^&*@hotmail.com. So I just became "the jeter."