Hey all and Happy Tuesday afternoon. In case you missed it
over the weekend, and shame on you if you did while turning in your Yankees
fandom cards at the door, the New York Yankees retired their final single digit
number in their franchise’s storied history when Derek Jeter saw his #2 retired
inside Monument Park. Jeter was never a huge talker during his playing career
and he hasn’t been much for words since heading into retirement aside from the
occasional blog post on the Players Tribune but he did address the Yankees
crowd before Sunday’s second game of a double-header with the Houston Astros.
Here is what Jeter had to say in his own words.
“First of all, I just want to say happy Mother's Day to all
the mothers out there, especially my mom, my grandmother, my sister and my
wife, who is very soon going to be a mother. So happy Mother's Day.
What do you say on a day like this? You know, I'll start
with thank you to George Steinbrenner and the Steinbrenner family for giving me
the opportunity to play my entire career for the only team I ever wanted to
play for.
I want to thank my managers, coaches, teammates, support
staff, those of you that are here today and those of you who aren't for being
with me along that the entire journey.
I want to thank my family for their love, support, honesty
and more importantly their presence at everything I did both on and off the
field.
And the fans — wow — I want to thank you guys for pushing
me, challenging me, for making me accountable, more importantly for embracing
me since day one.
You know, I was asked recently by someone, they said if you
could trade places with one person, who would it be? And I say this very
humbly, there isn't a person or player I would trade places with that's playing
now or ever. And the reason why I say that is because I got a chance to play
for a first-class organization and in front of the greatest fans in the history
of sports.
You know, you play here in New York for 20 years, you know I
learned that time flies, memories fade, but family is forever, and I'll be
eternally grateful to be a part of the Yankees' family. So I can't thank you
guys enough. Thank you very much.”
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