Birthday wishes for Derek Jeter with Yankees legend set to turn 50
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The Post talked with several prominent figures from Derek Jeter’s baseball career to deliver birthday messages as he is set to turn 50 on Wednesday.
Derek is so many things to so many people, but to me he is the personification of class. He is one of the most down-to-earth people I’ve ever spent time with, he just happens to be one of the greatest players of all time. Welcome to the 5-0 club Captain!
Hey Derek, Happy 50th. I can’t believe you are at this milestone birthday as I will always remember you as the teenager, fresh off being the sixth pick in the draft, that came into the Yankee radio booth to talk with me and John Sterling.
After that interview, I went down to the Yankee clubhouse following the game and asked Buck Showalter what he thought of the new kid. His answer, all these years later, still resonates with me and is applicable in 2024. Buck said, “Well, we know he can play, but I will tell you this, as long as he is a Yankee, he will never embarrass the organization and will always do and say the right thing.” I asked Showalter how he would know that and he quickly said, “I met his parents. That’s always the tell. They raised him the right way to be respectful of others and he will never do the wrong thing because of that.”
And Buck was right.
As I told you the day the Yankees retired your number, thank you for letting me piggyback on your greatness. For some strange reason, in my 10 years on the radio, despite only doing three innings of play by play each game, I seemed to be on the mic for most of your big moments (I’m sure to the dismay of Sterls!) I got to call Mr. November and the flip play in Oakland.
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