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Whenever players, scouts, coaches, managers or executives discuss Derek Jeter, they always circle back to this comment.
“Derek Jeter played the game right.’’
Those words can be appreciated now more than ever in the wake of the electronic sign-stealing scandal that has engulfed Major League Baseball.
Baseball is in a crisis moment. How the game responds to this terrible loss of integrity will shape its future.
Onto this stage Jeter will be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The only question is: Will Jeter be a unanimous selection?