rose to their feet and cheered Players in both dugouts stood by the railing to watch What they saw was the stuff movies are made of Jeter celebrates after his walk off hit gave the Yankees a victory in his final game at Yankee Stadium
Jeter swung at the first pitch from Evan Meek using that inside-out swing that helped him to a career 310 batting average The ball rocketed into right field and Richardson stormed around third base For a moment all eyes turned away from Jeter to see the play at the plate SAFE As Yankees broadcaster John Sterling screamed Yankees win to his listeners Jeter’s teammates streamed out of the dugout Former teammates had joined the team in the dugout Among them were former manager Joe Torre and the other three members of the Core Four Mariano Rivera Jorge Posada and Andy
Pettitte with whom Jeter had won four World Series Short of clinching a championship rarely if ever was there such a wild scene in the ballpark in the Bronx And it was far from over After being mobbed by the other Yankees Jeter paid tribute to the fans He waved as he walked around the infield before else the shortstop part of the dirt Jeter kneeled and he prayed I basically just said Thank you Jeter explained because this is all I ever wanted to do Not too many people have the opportunity to do it It was above and beyond anything I dreamed at where stopping
Jeter then decided to play designated hitter not shortstop in the Yankees final series at Boston His reasoning made sense I’ve only played shortstop for my entire career he said and the last time I want to play it is tonight
