I could be humming the old Chicago tune all night, based on this from Chad Jennings at LoHud:
The Jesus Montero show continues. Today he hit one over the batter’s eye in center field. Based on where the balls landed, I don’t think he made an out during his first eight swings in the cage: Double to the right-center gap, single up the middle, double to the left-field corner, double down the left-field line, single to left-center, double off the wall in left-center, single to right, foul line drive to left.
Jeter press conference today. As expected, the captain won’t worry about his contract until after the season. Free agency? You can basically forget that. Jeter wants no place but NY. Hopefully there won’t be a problem come November and frankly, I would be shocked if there was any problem.
A marriage made in heaven—Jeter and the Yankees.
From MLB.com:
“This is the only organization I’ve ever wanted to play for,” Jeter said. “That’s still true today. I was a Yankees fan growing up, and this is where I want to be. I’ve never envisioned myself playing anywhere else, and hopefully I don’t have to.”
There is probably no one who takes Joe DiMaggio’s words to heart more than Jeter. Those words?
“I’d like to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.”
On May 28, 1989, Mike Schmidt played his last game. Out in SF, Schmidt went 0 for 3, walked twice and made an error. Schmidt had played 42 games that year, and was at .203-6-28, OPS+ 91 and 8 errors. The next day, he announced his retirement in San Diego. He felt as if he couldn’t do it anymore and just walked away. He played his whole career with the Phillies.
Somehow, I feel that Jeter is that type of person. That maybe he might be like Schmidt, in that if he ever thought he was done and not performing up to his standards, he would just hold a press conference and retire.
As a Yankee.
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1 poloni // Feb 25, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I like your analogy about Derek Jeter someday retiring the way Mike Schmidt did in May of 1989 after spending his entire career with the Phillies. Schmidt couldn’t hit anymore, was a liability at third base and, as you stated, decided to retire during the season.
I attended a game honoring him at Veterans Stadium shortly after his retirement in 1989. That summer, he was voted to the NL All-Star team, suited up and was introduced before the game but did not play.
In 1990, his #20 was retired.
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