I grew up a New York Yankees fan – I spent part of my childhood in New Jersey and my brother already chose the Mets. I played baseball in Germany in my teens until a school soccer injury and little knee surgery luck ended that. I still love the sport.
I literally cannot remember baseball without Derek Jeter, legendary NY Yankees short stop. This is coming to an end, as Jeter is entering his 20th and last September as an active player. The entire season has been a string of goodbyes to the future hall of famer, who in a difficult era for baseball and jock masculinity, has been a shockingly perfect professional athlete.
I can recommend this goodbye piece by Roger Angell for the New Yorker.
Thoughts?