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Derek Sanderson Jeter (/ ˈ dʒ iː t ər / JEE-tər; born June 26, 1974), nicknamed "the Captain", is an American former professional baseball shortstop, businessman, and baseball executive. As a player, Jeter spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees.
The Captain is a 2022 American sports documentary miniseries produced by ESPN Films.Directed by Randy Wilkins, the series focuses on the life and career of Derek Jeter, who served as captain of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. [1]
The Players' Tribune is a new media platform that produces daily sports conversation and publishes first-person stories from professional athletes. The platform was founded by former professional Major League Baseball player Derek Jeter in 2014.
The "Core Four" are former New York Yankees baseball players Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, and Mariano Rivera. Each member of the Core Four was a key contributor to the Yankees' late-1990s and early 2000s dynasty that won four World Series championships in five years, and a fifth in 2009.
Jeter is the longest-tenured captain in franchise history, the 2014 season being his 12th as team captain. Howard W. Rosenberg, a baseball historian, found that the official count of Yankees captains failed to include Clark Griffith , the captain from 1903–1905, and Kid Elberfeld , the captain from 1906–1907, while manager Frank Chance may ...
Allen Gamble and Terry Hoitz are both officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Allen is a mild-mannered forensic accountant while Terry is a hot-tempered detective who was partnered with Allen after mistakenly shooting Derek Jeter during the World Series (and earning him the nickname "Yankee Clipper").
Evan David Meek (born May 12, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.He is best known for giving up Derek Jeter's final hit at Yankee Stadium.He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball (MLB) and was selected to one All-Star Game.
In 2008, Derek Jeter asked Sheppard to record his at-bat introductions. [37] The recordings were used to introduce Jeter's home at-bats from the beginning of the 2008 season until his final game at Yankee Stadium on September 25, 2014. [38] Sheppard was flattered: "It has been one of the greatest compliments I have received in my career of ...