NEW YORK — Derek Jeter, who returned to Yankee Stadium in five year’s time, was inducted to the Hall of Fame last two years. Jeter, with his Hall plaque displayed on a stand in front the pitcher’s mound was the one who spoke at Friday’s 27-minute ceremony. “I was born and raised in New Jersey. … Read more
3:46 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Before Fernando Tatis Jr. While he became a Major League star, and was one of the most prominent faces of baseball, he was still a teenager prospect from the Dominican Republic. He did have a pedigree in the big leagues. Before signing his first contract with the club, he … Read more
Jeffrey Guity was contacted by his cousin via text message. New York Yankees Legend Derek Jeter tweeted it to him to announce his arrival through social media. He thought it a prank. Guity posted his belief that Jeter should get on social media eight years ago. He didn’t think twice about it. “Derek Jeter doesn’t … Read more
Derek Jeter joined the social media community Tuesday. Twitter And Instagram profiles. The former were available as of Tuesday evening. New York Yankees Shortstop has more than 270,000 combined followers on both Twitter and Instagram. Jeter’s Twitter account has only a handful of tweets as of this writing. One of those tweets was a quote-retweet … Read more
Before you get all excited about the concept of Home Run Derby XThink back to the time you were a child and could only gather five children from your neighborhood. You had to create a knockoff version of baseball. (If this is you, it’s true. This is how Home Run Derby X to me looks. … Read more
Derek Jeter has resigned as CEO of The Miami MarlinsHe announced the news Monday. Today I am officially announcing that the Miami Marlins, and I, have ended our relationship. I will no longer be the CEO or shareholder of the Club. Five years ago we had a vision for the Marlins franchise. I have been … Read more
Legendary rivals, teammates and players highlight the next 25 MLB Top 100 stars. Today we are in the top half with Nos. 50-26. We presented Tuesday the first half of our listWe’ll end with the top 25 on Wednesday (see full methodology here). Are the Big Red Machine’s leaders in the right order of importance? … Read more