Tag: Derek Jeter

  • Derek Jeter Announces Retirement Following 2014 Season

    Derek Jeter announced today that he will retire at the end of the 2014 MLB season.  This is truly the end of an era.  The last true dynasty in MLB was the 1996 – 2000 Yankees team with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada as the young core putting the Yankees back…

  • Mariano Rivera – Exit Sandman

    Last night was the end of an era as the greatest closer in MLB history pitched his last game in Yankee Stadium.  Hopefully he doesn’t pitch again this weekend because what happened in NY was the perfect sendoff.  It couldn’t have happened any better.  Say what you will about the New York Yankees but they…

  • Yankee’s Derek Jeter – Greatest Catch ever made GIF

    Web Gem: Gif: 9 years ago today,  Derek Jeter went all out and delivered one of his most iconic moments. Derek Jeter will go down as one of the hit kings of MLB. He can finish in the Top 5 all time in hits. He helped bring the Yankees back to the top of the…

  • Derek Jeter on ground with fractured ankle

    Derek Jeter on ground w/ a fractured ankle, season over. #Yankees fans may remember this day for a long time.

  • Derek Jeter: The Emperor of the Evil Empire

    Did anyone see Derek Jeter having such a resurgence in his career before the 2012 MLB season began?  He was entering his 18th season playing for the Yankees and was turning 38 years old.  In the new era of PED testing, the days of players getting ready to turn 40 and having career years were…

  • Early Season MLB Thoughts

    This has been one of the zaniest first months of a baseball season that I have ever seen.  Over the next few days, I will be giving my early season thoughts on MLB by division.  We’ll start where everyone starts when discussing baseball thanks to the east coast bias of ESPN and making everyone think…