When Derek Jeter retired after the 2014 season, there was little doubt he would quickly be enshrined in Coooperstown.
The legendary New York Yankees shortstop was voted into the Corridor of Fame 4 years in the past, however he was not a unanimous first-ballot inductee. Jeter stated he isn’t significantly bothered by the truth that one individual determined to not vote for him.
However he did level to the expectations that have been positioned on him when he was taking part in and stated he believes the voter must also face accountability.
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The New York Yankees honor Derek Jeter previous to the sport between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on September 9, 2022, within the Bronx borough of New York Metropolis. (New York Yankees/Getty Photographs)
“Members of the media at all times need us to be accountable as gamers,” Jeter stated throughout an look on Jimmy Traina’s Sports activities Illustrated Media Podcast. “Good sport, dangerous sport, you must stand in entrance of your locker, and you must handle the media. I did it each single day. You might not have appreciated what I stated … however I used to be accountable, and I used to be there.
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“And I believe you need to anticipate the identical from the members of the media. I don’t care that somebody didn’t vote for me. I actually don’t, however I do assume what turns into annoying is I’ve to consistently reply the query. And I don’t assume I ought to be the one answering the query. Whoever it’s ought to reply the query. I don’t have an issue with it, however I get uninterested in being requested that query.”
Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees fields throughout Sport 3 of the World Collection in opposition to the Atlanta Braves on October 26, 1999, at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx, New York. (Sporting Information through Getty Photographs through Getty Photographs)
The id of the one that didn’t vote in favor of Jeter has by no means been made public.
However throughout his Corridor of Fame speech in 2021, Jeter acknowledged the truth that he obtained 99.7% of the vote, saying, “Thanks to all of the baseball writers … all however one in every of you.”
Derek Jeter offers his speech in the course of the Baseball Corridor of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports activities Heart on September 8, 2021, in Cooperstown, New York. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Photographs)
Jeter spent his complete storied profession with the Yankees.
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He stepped away from baseball with 260 house runs, 1,311 RBIs and a .310 profession batting common.
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