We were twice reminded this week of our great good fortune as a sporting city. It comes at precisely the perfect time, too. Let’s be honest, we’ve spent some time lately feeling sorry for ourselves about a dearth of winning teams, about a championship drought that, as of Saturday morning, stretches to 2,911 days, about the way the Yankees were unfairly robbed of their chance to end that streak in 2017.
Sometimes, we need to look to our captains for guidance.
Tuesday, there was Derek Jeter, who was never forced to actually wear a “C” on his chest, but who carried the captaincy of the Yankees on his shoulders from the moment George Steinbrenner tagged him with the task, back on June 4, 2003.