Due to his wife, A very loyal New York Yankees player has announced his sudden retirement, sending a powerful statement and bidding the team and supporters

Due to his wife, A very loyal New York Yankees player has announced his sudden retirement, sending a powerful statement and bidding the team and supporters

 

The latest fairytale moment in a charming and famous career, Derek Jeter’s game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning sealed his Yankee Stadium farewell, giving New York a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.

Cheered on by an estimated 50,000 fervent supporters reverberating over the Bronx at night, Jeter repeatedly raised his cap while playing shortstop and successfully drove in three runs. He scored the game-winning run with a crisp opposite-field single to right after launching an early double off the wall.

Jeter said, “It was beyond anything I could have ever imagined.” “It was really enjoyable.”

Jeter declared he had played his last game at shortstop during the wild celebration that followed, although he will probably play this weekend in Boston in some capacity.

Shortly after hitting the game-winning single in the ninth inning on Thursday, which helped the Yankees defeat Baltimore 6-5, Jeter announced that it was his final game in that position. In his final three games this weekend in Boston, he stated that he would only be the designated hitter.

Many fans were still seated when Jeter declared, “I want to take something special from Yankee Stadium,” during a news conference that was broadcast on the center field video screen. “I want to take this view tonight from shortstop here.”