Goodbye To Derek Jeter

 

Captain Clutch does it one last time at Yankee Stadium! The future hall of famer Derek Jeter ends his incredible career with a game winning single, beating the Baltimore Orioles with a score of 6-5 in yesterday's farewell game. Who could have predicted such a Hollywood written ending to this baseball player's career. Although the Yankees are out of the playoff race completely, Derek Jeter would not allow that to be the last thing we remember about him. I'll never forget when he hit that home run in Game 4 of the championship series to beat Arizona. Or the time you became the all time leader in hits in Yankee history, surpassing Lou Gehrig. But to be honest, for me it will not be the clutch home runs and diving saves that I will remember most about Derek Jeter, it will be the talks I had with my family about his excellence. No matter what the topic of discussion was at a table full of Yankee fans it could most definitely be pushed to the side to rather talk about Derek Jeter. My ten year old cousin would talk about him as if he were God. My grandmother would invite us over for diner just to tell the family what an amazing play he made to make the final out of an inning. My family and I have been to several Yankee home games and couldn't wait to see number 2 take the field. So goodbye Derek Jeter, thank you for all those moments with my family that you made possible. Thanks for picking up a glove when you were a kid, and not a golf club.