Bronx, N.Y. - Monday, September 5, 2011. Derek Jeter smacks a 2nd inning double. Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. (Photo by David Pokress) Credit: David Pokress/David Pokress
It was a decade for fond farewells — Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, David Wright — and eye-opening hellos —Aaron Judge, Pete Alonso, Gleyber Torres.
And that was just baseball!
For New York-area sports fans, there was not much to cheer about team-wise in the 2010s, with the Giants’ Super Bowl XLVI victory the lone championship.
But on an individual basis, there was plenty of pizzazz. Here are our top 20 players, based (mostly) on star power and (secondarily) on performance:
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