In 2017, when Cassandra Harrington interviewed for a job at Destination Marketing Corporation for Otsego County, which promotes tourism to Cooperstown, New York, she was asked about her experience overseeing and marketing nationwide events. Even though it was three years away at the time, the village was already preparing for when Derek Jeter would surely become a first-ballot Hall of Famer just as soon as he was eligible.
A star of that magnitude, who spent his whole career with a big-market team driving distance from Cooperstown, would be a business bonanza for the baseball-famous, picturesque village in upstate New York.