Saturday, May 13th, year of our Lord 2017, is Jeter Day. No, this is the first of its kind. I can see how you could think it might be an annual holiday, what with the many frills and rejoicing that carried on the day he recorded his 3,000th hit, or the day he played his final game, or the day that ridiculous Gatorade promo hit the airwaves. The day he gets voted into the Hall of Fame will feel similar, too, as will the day he actually gets inducted. Don’t be fooled, though. This, the day that the Yankees are retiring his famous number 2, is the only one that the city of New York and, inexplicably, the rest of the country, has chosen as Jeter Day.
Meet George Wright, baseball’s first superstar shortstop on its first pro team
