Derek Jeter - A Prince Among Men

Derek Jeter's final home game was pretty much everything it should be: the hit, the teammates, the

crowd, the spectacle, and the culmination of 20 season of amazing baseball by a true prince. I had to write this farewell to an amazing sportsman, it would not have been fair to let it slide by, just like he did so often stealing a base. What makes it all the more astonishing is not what Jeter has done, but the fact that I love the player but absolutely despise his team. The Yankees, to me, are all that is bad in professional sports, they buy their way to championships, outbidding other teams trying to keep homegrown and home-nurtured talent. I am also a Red Sox fan, say no more. But Derek Jeter is a man and a player who transcends his team, he is so much more and so far removed from other players such as the deservedly hated Alex Rodriguez. Derek Jeter is the epitome of the professional baseball player. I don't want to try and quantify him with stats, just qualify him by the type of person he was and still is. Totally respected and probably loved by fans of every team, everywhere. All hail the Prince. Thank you Derek for all you have given and you are forgiven for beating my Red Sox, on your own really, so many times. The best of the best! You deserve every accolade you have and will receive in your All-Star, Hall-of-Fame career.