The Yankees Retire Jeter’s #2
The Yankees Retire Jeter’s #2
Written by: Steele Beatty Derek Jeter is known as one of the greatest men in baseball finished a twelve season baseball career as a shortstop for The New York Yankees, During those twelve seasons he produced five world championships for the Yankees. He had a stunning .310 batting average during those years and broke a New York record with 3,465 hits. Well on Mother's Day, the day he specifically picked out, Jeter’s #2 was retired and now belongs to him. He is the 22 player from the Yankees to have his jersey retired.
Picture of Derek Jeter standing by his plaque after jersey retirement on Mother's Day May 14, 2017.
The opportunity cost of having Derek's number being retired is now all number one through ten have been retired along with twelve other numbers. Which makes some question, are the Yankees taking jersey retirement a little too far. Although they have had some greats in the past 22 players is a little excessive, with the next closest team being the St. Louis Cardinals with only having eleven numbers retired. Derek in our time will be known as one of the greats to play the sport but when looking back in Yankees Stadium and seeing all 22 numbers hanging on that wall #2 will not stick out that much ever more numbers 1 through 10 will look less appealing because they all have been retired. The opportunity cost of retiring all 22 of those jerseys make the true greatest players seem less appealing for generations to come.
On the other side of things now that Jeter’s number is retired the cost of his merchandise has gone up. Comparing Jeter's signed autograph to a still playing great MLB player is a difference of $200 for signed baseball. Now as the years go on the price of his autograph will most likely go up because Jeter will pass away, so the supply will either stay a constant or decrease because some autographs could get ruined, that will make the demand increase. The average Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig signed baseball goes for somewhere around $15,000, now that will depend on how the future looks at him and in my opinion I don't think he will be remembered as they were.
Overall Derek Jeter will be looked at highly but not as highly as he should have been remembered. Overall Derek will be looked at a nice guy and as a classy guy as you can see as sport illustrated writers talk about him on this short clip.
Works Cited
"Derek Jeter: No. 2 Retired at Yankees Stadium." Time. Time, n.d. Web. 15 May 2017.
"Lou Gehrig Memorabilia." SportsMemorabilia.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2017.
Polacek, Scott. "Derek Jeter Jersey Retirement Ceremony: Best Pictures, Tweets and More." Bleacher Report. Bleacher Report, 14 May 2017. Web. 15 May 2017.
Wire, SI. SI.com. Sports Illustrated, 14 May 2017. Web. 15 May 2017.
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