“I was going to give him a couple pipe shots,” Adam Wainwright said when asked whether he “grooved” a first-inning pitch to Derek Jeter in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. “He deserved it.” But later, after the baseball press swarmed his admission like locusts on fresh crop, Wainwright recanted. “What I meant to say was I’m intentionally trying to […]
When the American League takes the field in Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game, Derek Jeter will walk out of the dugout to what is sure to be thunderous applause and take his familiar place at shortstop. That’s nothing new. Jeter, who plans to retire at the end of this season, has been named an All-Star 14 times in […]
When the American League takes the field in Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game, Derek Jeter will walk out of the dugout to what is sure to be thunderous applause and take his familiar place at shortstop. That’s nothing new. Jeter, who plans to retire at the end of this season, has been named an All-Star 14 times in […]
Tyler Kepner, who covers baseball for The Times, has an excellent article on the contract negotiations between the Yankees and their Hall of Fame shortstop, Derek Jeter. Few players have had a more harmonious relationship with their employer than Mr. Jeter, who has rarely caused controversy in his 16 seasons with the Yankees. But the […]
