One team, 20 seasons later and a giant in the game of baseball hangs up his pin strips. On a Thursday night in September Derek Jeter was in his final game at Yankee Stadium ever against the hot Baltimore Orioles. Standing at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning fans in the stadium were probably wondering if Jeter would go out striking out, a hit or as he could do with a home run such as his Mr. November home run during his career. Just as Jeter has done time after time he gave the fans, the state of New York and the world just what they wanted a inside swing hit driving the ball into right field giving the Yankees the win that night. Jeters teammates sprinted out of the dugout to greet Jeter as he ran the bases for a final time with the fans cheering as loud as possible for their hero. It's very rare to finish your career with the same team you have started your career. Derek Jeter was able to have success with one team and impact a city with not just his play but with his character as well. Derek Jeter has lasted twenty season with five world series rings, fourteen all star appearances, five golden glove awards, five slugger awards, two Hank Aaron awards and a Roberto Clemente award as a player whether you're a Yankee fan or not or a baseball fan you have to respect his career.
One more game to go and probably the best short stop in the game will close out his career and it would come against one of the Yankees nemesis the Boston Redsox. How would the Fenway Park fans treat Mr. November on his final game of his career? They treated him with class and re2pect. The chant of his name throughout Fenway park showed that despite the hatred between the Yankees and Redsox that a guy of his caliber deserves to be recognized despite the team he played for. The 40 year old baseball titan got up to bat for the final time in the third inning at Fenway and sent a chopped single to third base sending his career hit total to 3,465 placing him sixth overall in baseball history. What made his final at bat strange and great at the same time was the game was postponed for two minutes while the Boston Redsox faithful cheered Jeters name and allowed him to bid his farewells to the Redsox players and to thank the fans for the much appreciated cheers before sitting down so that the game could commence. Derek Jeter finishes his career with a .310 batting average, 260 home runs, 1,311 RBI's and a .377 on base percentage. In roman times they screamed HAIL CAESAR!!! as a Derek Jeter fan and one that wore his jersey in college I will yell HAIL JETER HAIL JETER. If you get the opportunity to read my blog I hope it's to your liking God Bless you.
We definitely remember JETER!
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