Link (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/09/26/derek-jeters-final-home-game-ended-even-more-memorably-than-it-began/)
Link (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/career-cap-er-derek-jeter-delivers-game-winning-hit-final-yankee-stadium-at-bat-article-1.1953403)
As I just mentioned in the other thread (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=11338.msg290997#msg290997), I'm not much of a baseball fan anymore, and probably never will be again. However, there are some aspects of this game that still resonate with me, and reading about Jeter's last game -- and his final at-bat -- in Yankee Stadium was unquestionably one of them.
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Okay, that was ridiculous. It wasn't enough for a forecast of rain to fail to materialize, clearing the way for Derek Jeter to play his final game at Yankee Stadium as planned. It wasn't enough for Jeter, who has been struggling at the plate for most of the season, to hit an RBI double in his first at-bat.
It wasn't enough for Jeter to produce what looked like it was going to be the go-ahead RBI in the seventh inning. It wasn't enough that the Orioles staged a three-run rally in the top of the ninth inning, tying the game and ensuring that Jeter would get one, final at-bat in front of an adoring home crowd.
No, with a man on second in the bottom of the ninth, Derek Jeter came to the plate with a chance to drive in the game-winning run. Which, of course, he did.
That should be enough, Yankee fans.
Jeter still has three games left to go in the season, but they will be played in Fenway Park, home of the hated Red Sox. Thursday was his last chance to thrill the patrons in Yankee Stadium, and in a career that's been defined by coming through in clutch moments, Jeter made sure that absolutely no one in the stands left disappointed in any way at all. Here's the final sequence:
Just ridiculous.
No question, that was definitely something special...and so is he.
I gotta wonder about that pitcher, though. You want to be the guy that struck out Derek Jeter at his last at-bat? I wonder if he threw him a softball...
Not that it matters. I don't care at all about baseball; haven't for years. I've heard Jeter is a good guy though, so more power to him.
O Captain, my Captain...
^ Indeed. Very well put,
Gus -- and (I realize) you would know much better than I.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on September 30, 2014, 06:46:39 AM
I've heard Jeter is a good guy though, so more power to him.
That's what I've always heard as well. Just a real class act.
I saw this elsewhere, and I found it worthy of a chuckle...
QuoteHow many real Yankee fans does it take to change a light bulb?......Both of them!
Whoops I thought this was a Derek smart thread