I was at Fenway yesterday when the rival Red Sox gave Jeter a very classy send off. Not only did they have all living former Red Sox captains, Yaz, Fred Lynn, Luis Tiant, Jim Rice, Rico Petrocelli, Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek but team captains for the Bruins’ Bobby Orr, Celtic’s Paul Pierce and Patriot’s Troy Brown were there as well. The manually operated scoreboard spelled out the message “WITH RE2PECT 2 DERECK JETER”. The color guard consisted of the Boston Police and Fire Department as well as the NYC Police and Fire Department.. It was a wonderful and moving ceremony for a very decent man.
Saw that yesterday on tv. Great presentation.
As I had said, down the road I do see him manage a team, but I sense right now, he wants to rest.