‘I’m Looking Forward to Sharing It With My Kids’- Yankees Legend Derek Jeter Talked About Going Back to the Yankee Stadium and Being Excited About Throwing the First Pitch
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Friday is here, and it is going to be one hell of a celebration for the Yankee fans. Yankees legend, Hall of Famer, five times World Series Champion Derek Jeter is about to make a comeback to the Bronx.
Not only a comeback to the Yankee Stadium is about to happen, but the legend himself is going to throw the first pitch of the New York Yankees v/s the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Not only the fans will take part in the celebration, but Jeter’s lady love, Hannah Jeter, and all three of his beautiful little ladies will be watching their father throw the first pitch of the game.
Derek Jeter is excited to return to the Bronx
After retiring in 2014, Jeter has gone back to Yankee Stadium quite a few times. Those times included going for the 96′ reunion and recently when they had a premiere for Jeter’s documentary, ‘The Captain.’
New York sports legend Derek Jeter @derekjeter talks about being a “girl dad” to his three daughters, staying busy after his professional baseball career ended and becoming a founding partner of the Arena Club. pic.twitter.com/5K4ODsDmy0
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (@HodaAndJenna) September 8, 2022
Coming back to the stadium tonight for him is “Exciting. I’m looking forward to sharing it with my kids because they were never there when I played.”
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Derek Jeter has three daughters, and none of them has ever seen him play, but they are going to tonight. In a part of the celebration, the shortstop is going to throw the first pitch of the game.
About throwing the pitch, the Hall of Famer said, “I’m going to try!”
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The celebration is long awaited in the Hall of Famer’s honor and is about to begin pretty soon.
Why is Jeter being celebrated by the Yankees?
The shortstop got inducted into the Hall of Fame in the year 2020. But the celebration of his induction got postponed for a year from the pandemic going on at the time.
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A year later, when Cooperstown finally welcomed Derek Jeter, the ceremony was not as big as it should have been.
Therefore, today exactly, a year and a day after his actual induction, Derek Jeter is going to receive the celebration that he deserves. The Bronx will be offering a proper ceremony. And the athlete will get honored before the Yankees and Rays game tonight.
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What was left then, will be getting completed today at the Yankee Stadium.
Edited by:
Vibhanshu Kumar