Derek Jeter News: Pro Sports Daily

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June 29

New York Post

"Derek Jeter not only didn't play on Friday or Saturday against the Mets, he didn't make it into the Yankees' dugout either. "I haven't even been on the bench," Jeter said yesterday. "[I was] sort of quarantined." But it's time to lift the restrictions: Jeter is healthy and able again. The Yankees shortstop, leadoff hitter and captain was back in the lineup for last night's Subway Series finale at Citi Field, returning after a two-game absence because of flu-like symptoms. "Good to go, buddy," he said. In his first career at-bat at Citi Field, Jeter opened the game with a double off the left-field wall and scored on Mark Teixeira's two-run double. He was 1-for-2 with three walks. ..."

Jeter Celebrates 35th birthday by catching a flu bug

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June 27

New York Daily News

"A birthday cake sat in a box on the floor, unopened, next to Derek Jeter's locker Friday. Instead of celebrating, the Yankees' shortstop spent his 35th birthday fighting off the flu instead of fighting off the Mets. Jeter, a late scratch for Friday night's game at Citi Field, watched the entire game from the clubhouse, not feeling well enough to join his teammates on the bench. Joe Girardi said he's questionable for tonight's game. "He was really sick," Girardi said. "I watched him take BP and he just didn't have that normal Derek Jeter energy. That was a real concern of mine." Before being scratched, Jeter said he never thinks about getting older, not even on his birthday. "I don't pay ..."

Jeter takes seat with bad cough

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June 27

New York Post

"Derek Jeter walked into the Yankees' clubhouse at Citi Field late yesterday afternoon hacking and talking with a raspy voice. Jeter, who turned 35 yesterday, was in the lineup but not long after rain cut short the Yankees' batting practice, it was announced that Jeter was scratched because of illness. Hideki Matsui and Melky Cabrera were sick in Atlanta, and Jeter's hacking cough was an attention-grabber. "Jetes has a substantial cough," said manager Joe Girardi, who used Ramiro Pena at short and moved Brett Gardner into the leadoff spot -- and the tandem responded in the Yankees' 9-1 win. "He had it [Thursday], and I will watch him carefully. With a respiratory problem you worry about ..."

Pricey pinstripes best fit for Teixeira

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June 23

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A routine two-out pop-up, the ball began to descend toward Mets second baseman Luis Castillo's waiting glove for the final out of the game. Derek Jeter and a Yankees teammate seemingly ran the bases out of obligation more than anything else. But a funny thing happened. The ball ricocheted off Castillo's glove. As it landed in short right field, Jeter scored. By the time Castillo was able to recover and throw in a futile attempt to get the trailing runner, Yankees fans were celebrating. Jeter embraced that teammate who scored the game-winning run, Mark Teixeira. "What stands out is Mark Teixeira's hustle," teammate Alex Rodriguez said after the Yankees' 9-8 victory June 12. "That wins the ..."

Derek Jeter to New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi: Put me in, Coach. I'm ready to play today

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June 18

Trenton Times

"Predictably, Derek Jeter insisted he was well enough to play. But Jeter was left out of the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Washington Nationals by manager Joe Girardi because of some soreness and stiffness he has had in his left ankle. Naturally, the Yankees' captain did try to convince Girardi that he didn't need a day off. "I tried to,'' Jeter said when asked if he lobbied Girardi to put him in the lineup, "but it didn't work out.'' Ramiro Pena, who played the last two innings at shortstop Tuesday night in the Yankees' 5-3 win over the Nationals, took Jeter's place at short Wednesday and batted ninth. Johnny Damon took Jeter's spot as the leadoff hitter, with Nick ..."

Day Off For Jeter

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June 18

New York Post

"Derek Jeter wanted no part of the bench, but that's where he started last night's game, hours after undergoing an MRI exam on his left ankle. Though the test revealed no structural damage, according to a Yankees spokesman, manager Joe Girardi wanted to play it safe with Jeter, who could return to the lineup today. Jeter left Tuesday's game in the eighth inning because of ankle stiffness. He's unsure what happened. "It was sore going into the game," Jeter said last night before the Yankees lost to the Nationals, 3-2. "It got worse as we went along. I wish I could pinpoint it. It wasn't one particular play." Jeter tried to lobby his way into the lineup, but was denied. Ramiro Pena got the ..."

Jeter Is Kept on the Bench With a Sore Ankle

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June 18

New York Times

"Derek Jeter tried to persuade Manager Joe Girardi that he could play shortstop with a sore left ankle Wednesday night, but Girardi decided that Jeter would benefit from resting for one day. "It didn't work out," Jeter said about lobbying to be in the lineup against the Washington Nationals. After a magnetic resonance imaging test on Jeter's ankle was negative, he hoped he would start against the Nationals. But Girardi said he did not want Jeter to play on a sore ankle and risk reinjuring it. Jeter ran cautiously Tuesday and left the game after seven innings. "My thought process is he goes out there and irritates it again, then we're back at square one," Girardi said. So Jeter, who despises ..."

Yankees' manager Joe Girardi sits Derek Jeter as a precaution

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June 17

New York Daily News

"Derek Jeter always tries to play through pain. Tuesday night Joe Girardi didn't let him. The Yankees manager pulled his shortstop in the top of the eighth inning because a sore left ankle appeared to be hampering him. Girardi didn't sound optimistic about Jeter's chances of playing tonight. "I hope he wakes up and it's all gone," Girardi said after the Bombers' 5-3 win over Washington. "My sense is that won't be the case, but we'll check him out tomorrow when he gets here." Jeter was 0-for-3 with a walk and fielded a pair of ground balls without incident, turning one into a 6-3 double play. Still Girardi noticed he wasn't moving as well as usual. "He said he woke up a little sore ..."

Jeter Leaves With Sore Ankle

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June 17

New York Post

"Derek Jeter had to leave last night's game after the seventh inning thanks to a stiff left ankle that manager Joe Girardi said had been hurting for a couple days. Girardi said Jeter, who wasn't available after the game, perhaps hurt the ankle during a fourth-inning double play on Sunday with Gary Sheffield sliding into second. Girardi wasn't sure if Jeter would have to miss any further time. "We'll see how he feels [today]," said Girardi, who said Jeter "woke up a little sore" Monday. Girardi wasn't sure if Jeter would have tests on the ankle. Ramiro Pena replaced Jeter at short. * Chien-Ming Wang will be on the mound tonight for what GM Brian Cashman called "an important start." Wang is ..."

First Things First, With Jeter On Top

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June 3

New York Post

columnist Joel Sherman

"THE Yankees played their ugliest game in weeks and won by nine runs against the AL West leaders. Maybe that says something about the state of the AL West. Or maybe it says something about the muscular state of the Yankees. Even on a night when they did so much wrong, the Yanks compensated with enough firepower to devastate Texas, 12-3. Nobody embodied the bad/good dichotomy of the Yankees' performance quite like Jorge Posada. The Yankees catcher's throwing miscue in the fourth inning ended the Yanks' major league record 18-game errorless streak. He allowed three stolen bases. He committed a complete brain freeze on the bases in the second inning that kept the Yanks from blowing this game ..."

Derek Jeter scores 1,500th run, becomes 4th Yankee to reach mark

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June 3

New York Daily News

"Derek Jeter joined some lofty Yankee company in the fourth inning Tuesday night when he scored the 1,500th run of his career. Jeter is the fourth Yankee to reach the milestone, along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle. Only four active players - including Alex Rodriguez (1,618) - have scored 1,500 times. The others are Ken Griffey Jr. (1,627) and Gary Sheffield (1,618). The milestone was just one of Jeter's accomplishments on a 3-for-4 night. He led off the first with a single and has now gotten a hit to start up the Yankees in 10 of 12 games. He also recorded his seventh straight multihit game, matching the longest streak of his career. He has hit in 16 straight games. "He's ..."

At the Site of His First Opening Day, Jeter Conducts His Business as Usual

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June 2

New York Times

"The game that Derek Jeter played for the Yankees on April 2, 1996, was an infinitesimal sliver of his career. It was one season-opening game on a glossy résumé that now includes 2,034 games played. But it was also a first impression that has proved to be a lasting impression. When Jeter made his first trip here as the Yankees' shortstop 13 years ago, he was 21. The Yankees were hoping that he would play solid defense and hit about .250. Jeter was hoping for much more than that. The dawning of the Jeter era was delayed one day because snow forced the postponement of the opener against the Indians. Once the teams played, Jeter smashed a homer off Dennis Martinez in his second at-bat and made ..."

Side remains sore spot, Derek Jeter misses 2nd game for Yankees

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May 14

New York Daily News

"Derek Jeter remained on the bench Wednesday night for a second straight game with a sore right oblique muscle. Jeter has been battling soreness since last week, but the Yankees don't believe it will cause him to land on the disabled list. Jeter was not allowed to swing a bat Wednesday - he hasn't swung at all since Sunday's game - but he took grounders during batting practice. "Until you swing, you can't tell the extent of how it feels," Jeter said. "They're just trying to piggyback off (Monday's) off-day. They think if they give me two days here, that will be three days and it will be better. I'd rather take two days here than two or three weeks." Jeter received treatment from team ..."

Oblique Injury Might Keep Jeter On Bench

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May 14

New York Post

"Derek Jeter had a one-word answer to a question about him landing on the disabled list. "Nope," said Jeter, who missed a second straight game last night when the Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 8-2, at the Rogers Centre because of a right oblique muscle problem. Nevertheless, Joe Girardi said his shortstop and leadoff hitter isn't a lock to play tonight in the finale of a three-game series against the AL East leaders. "I am not sure he is going to play tomorrow," said Girardi, who used Ramiro Pena (1-for-4) at short and the sizzling Johnny Damon (2-for-5) in the leadoff spot. "Let's see how he feels. Maybe we are looking at Friday." Girardi also didn't have DH Hideki Matsui, who left Tuesday ..."

Sore Jeter Sits, Likely To Play Tonight

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May 13

New York Post

"Roy Halladay against the Yankees at full strength is a mismatch. So when he faced them last night without Derek Jeter and watched Hideki Matsui leave after one at-bat, the right-hander had his way. Jeter was scratched due to a right oblique muscle problem he said started bothering him last week. Matsui left due to tightness in his right hamstring after grounding out in the second inning of the 5-1 loss. "I'd like to think so," Jeter said about playing tonight. "It's sore. I have pulled that muscle before and it's a DL, two to three weeks. I am trying to avoid that." Jeter pointed under his right rib cage when asked where the problem was located. "It hasn't gotten better but I don't think ..."

Jeter Sits Out Against Blue Jays

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May 13

New York Times

"Derek Jeter has hit just .241 in his career against the Toronto Blue Jays' ace, Roy Halladay, who faced the Yankees on Tuesday night. But that is not why Jeter was out of the Yankees' lineup for the first time this season. Manager Joe Girardi said Jeter had a sore right oblique muscle, and he wanted to give him an extra day off to be cautious. Keeping Jeter off the field from late Sunday afternoon until Wednesday night, Girardi said, could help the injury heal. "The one thing you have to guard against is it becoming something more serious," Girardi said. "An oblique doesn't heal quick. He played with it in Baltimore, so we're thinking maybe 72 hours would be a lot more beneficial than just ..."

Votebook: Jeter leads shortstop class

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May 11

MLB.com

"This year's All-Star Game isn't just shaping up to be a memorable matchup between the American League and National League in one of the country's premier baseball towns. There will be a few milestones here and there when the Midsummer Classic reaches the ripe old age of 80 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, and one of them involves one of the game's most legendary players. When it comes to the position of shortstop in the American League, it's shaping up to be No. 10 for No. 2. Derek Jeter, the veteran Yankees captain who's marching toward 3,000 hits in what looks very much like a Hall of Fame career, has made nine AL All-Star teams, including his starting turn last year in the final Midsummer ..."

Derek Jeter on collision course

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May 3

New York Daily News

"A collision at second base in the first inning Saturday made both starting shortstops iffy for Sunday's series finale between the Angels and Yankees, though it's likely that Derek Jeter will play. Jeter crashed into Erick Aybar on a steal attempt and catcher Mike Napoli's throw caromed off either Jeter or the ground and hit Aybar in the jaw, forcing Aybar to get several sutures in his upper lip. Jeter remained in the game, but Aybar did not. Joe Girardi said Jeter's neck was "a little stiff. Hopefully, he's OK (today). We'll have to monitor it. I hope he can play (today)." Said Jeter, in typical fashion: "It's all right. It'll be all right. It might be a little sore." About the play, ..."

Yankees' Derek Jeter a talented kid at heart

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April 29

Detroit News

"Around the batting cage Monday at Comerica Park an observer could see that one man was having a particularly merry time, which is nice considering that it was for him a work shift. Batting helmet tucked in the crook of his arm as he leaned against the cage, Derek Jeter jabbered with Brian Cashman, the New York Yankees general manager, whose grins nearly matched Jeter's in width and frequency. More mirth followed when Jeter and Nick Swisher, waiting their turns to hit, traded saucy remarks known only to them. In between gabfests, Jeter stepped to the plate, waggled his bat, and ripped into a series of pitches. Minutes later, as he picked up baseballs that littered the grass in front of ..."

Aptly, Derek Makes Fans Feel Right At Home

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April 18

New York Post

columnist Jay Greenberg

"TOO rich for many fans' blood is the new $1.5 billion palace across the street from the abandoned shrine where the Babe and the Iron Horse played. For the new Yankee Stadium's second game, there were dozens of empty seats behind the plate, where the suits are supposed to sit. All the while, thousands reassigned to eat cake upstairs stewed in new locations they resent. A good portion of a Yankees house these days never saw a game before the Stadium's 1974-75 remodeling, can barely appreciate the restoration of the frieze entirely around the grandstand or the line scores on the shallow left-center and right-center fences. On Thursday, all these loyalists knew was that it cost a lot more for ..."

Only Pitcher To Fan Jeter During Senior Year Has Hazy Memory

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April 18

New York Post

"Chris Quinn is a sales rep for Morrison Industrial Equipment in Kalamazoo, Mich. He sells things such as forklifts, floor scrubbers and warehouse products. But there is something else on his resume. He was the only person to strike out Derek Jeter in Jeter's senior year of high school in 1992. Seventeen years ago, Quinn, a senior pitcher for Portage Central, caught Jeter, a senior at Kalamazoo Central, looking at strike three. It was the only time in Jeter's 23-game senior season that he struck out. In the future superstar's final year as an amateur, Jeter batted .508 (30-for-59) with 21 walks. So he had at least 80 plate appearances. There was one strikeout. One. And Quinn, who never ..."

Derek Jeter, Yankees teammates get used to House That George Built

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April 16

New York Daily News

"Derek Jeter has spent most of his adult life calling Yankee Stadium his place of business. Starting today, the shortstop has a new place to go to work. Jeter and the Yankees officially open the new Stadium this afternoon against the Indians, playing the first game in the billion-dollar baseball palace. "When you move into a new house, it takes a little while for it to feel like home. It's going to be the same thing here," Jeter said. "It's going to take a little while to get used to it, but it's still the same fans, still the same atmosphere and it's still going to be special. The fans are what makes the place feel so special." The feelings among the old-guard players such as Jeter, Andy ..."

Derek Jeter knocks in winning run as Yankees rally past Rays

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April 16

New York Daily News

"With the Yankees set to author the next chapter in the franchise's rich history today in the Bronx, it was only appropriate that the most prominent figure from the last one sent them home on a winning note. Derek Jeter delivered a game-winning hit in the ninth inning against closer Troy Percival to lift the Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Rays. The win gives the Bombers a winning record on their nine-game road trip, the longest they've ever had to open a season. "It's a lot better than going the other way," Joe Girardi said. "Nine games on the road to start out, that's not an easy task. To come here for three, that's not easy at all. To end up 5-4 and win two series, that's big." Last ..."

Jeter-Wright showdown to help kids

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April 3

New York Daily News

"This season, it's not just about Mets versus Yankees, it's about David Wright versus Derek Jeter - and it's personal. Because each time the superstars step up to the plate, they'll be competing against each other for a $100,000 payoff from Delta Air Lines - to their favorite charity. "Derek Jeter and David Wright are true fan favorites and hometown heroes," said Delta honcho Gail Grimmett. "And through the Batting Challenge, fans will now have even more reason to cheer for them." Under the rules of Delta's Jeter/Wright Batting Challenge, the player who ends the season with the highest batting average (based on a minimum 400 at bats) wins the big bonus for his charity. In this ..."

Girardi: Jeter Will Hit Leadoff

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April 2

New York Post

"Without being specific, manager Joe Girardi said he liked enough of what he saw out of Derek Jeter hitting first and Johnny Damon second to start the season that way. "As of right now, that's our thought," Girardi said of the flipping of the top two spots from a year ago. "I have liked what I have seen." After yesterday's 8-5 win over the Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Jeter (0-for-2) is batting .278 (5-for-18) with six runs scored in six games batting leadoff and Damon is at .250 (4-for-16) with a run scored hitting second. * In his final outing before opening the season Monday in Baltimore, CC Sabathia allowed two runs, six hits, one walk and fanned five in 3" innings ..."

Derek Jeter's pitch connected with new Yankee pitcher A.J. Burnett

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March 30

New York Daily News

"A.J. Burnett wasn't a member of the 2008 Yankees, yet he may have played as big a role as anybody in the Bombers' streak of 13 straight years in the postseason coming to an end. Burnett went 3-1 with a 1.64 ERA in five starts against the Yankees, throwing eight or more innings in four of them. But instead of gloating, the righthander is approaching the 2009 campaign as if he were a part of the first Yankees team to miss the playoffs since 1993. "Even though I haven't been here, I'm here now," Burnett said. "Whatever happened in their past is kind of my past now, too." After spending $423.5 million this winter to bring in Burnett, CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira, the Yankees are reloaded ..."

Jeter injures pinky, listed as day-to-day

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March 28

MLB.com

"Derek Jeter was removed in the fourth inning of the Yankees' 6-4 Grapefruit League victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday with a bruised left pinky knuckle. He is listed as day-to-day. The injury occurred in the top of the first inning, when Jeter hit a sharp ground ball that second baseman Martin Prado bobbled. First baseman Greg Norton received Prado's hurried throw, but he collided with Jeter, as both players fell to the ground. Jeter remained in the game and flied out in the fourth before he was replaced in New York's lineup on a double-switch for the bottom half of the frame. Manager Joe Girardi said that he expects Jeter to play on Sunday, when the Yankees host the Pittsburgh ..."

In switch, Derek Jeter is seen as Yankees' leading man

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March 27

New York Daily News

"It is becoming evident that it is a different Yankees team that will take the field at Baltimore on Opening Day. Joe Girardi made that more clear when he announced Thursday that he is "toying" with the idea of flip-flopping Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon in the lineup, having Jeter bat leadoff. That was the order as the Yankees beat the Phillies, 10-2, here Thursday. His first time up, Jeter worked the count full and then singled. He stole second as Damon struck out. Then Hideki Matsui drove the first pitch he saw over the right-field fence. "Jete has that ability," Girardi said. "There are times when he's aggressive in the count and there are times he can work it. He did a good job today ..."

Damon and Jeter Flip-Flop in Girardi's Batting Order

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March 27

New York Times

"A spring training day off, Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said jokingly, gives an idle baseball mind too much time to think. So when he arrived at Steinbrenner Field on Thursday, he had a strategic brainstorm for Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon - a lineup flip-flop. Jeter led off and Damon batted second against the Phillies at Bright House Field here, the opposite of their accustomed positions in the order. Jeter last led off full time in 2005, and Damon - who leads all active players in games played as a leadoff hitter - has not batted second for any significant stretch since a 38-game stint in 2002, his first season with the Red Sox. The new look helped the Yankees rout the Phillies, 10-2, on ..."

On day to salute Derek Jeter, tomorrow can wait

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March 25

New York Daily News

columnist Vic Ziegel

"You had to feel a little sorry for Melky Cabrera. The center field job he wanted has pretty much gone bye-bye, there's no guarantee he'll start the season in pinstripes and he wasn't in the starting lineup for Tuesday night's semi-vital game against the Red Sox. And for about a half-hour Tuesday he had to forget about getting anywhere near his locker. For the first time since March 1, much too long, Derek Jeter was back in the Yankees' clubhouse, finally available to tell us how he felt about this being the last season of "ER." The space to the left of his locker is two feet of wall and a light switch. Melky is Jeter's neighbor on the other side. But the crush made for a big-league traffic ..."

Derek Hurries Back Into Lineup

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March 25

New York Post

"Derek Jeter could have waited until tomorrow to re-enter the Yankees' universe and nobody would have questioned his dedication. After all, Jeter played a World Baseball Classic semifinal game Sunday night in L.A. and flew cross-country Monday. Since today is dark on the Yankees' spring training schedule, nobody would have begrudged Jeter not playing until tomorrow. Instead, the shortstop was in the starting lineup last night at George M. Steinbrenner Field, where the Yankees spanked the Red Sox, 7-1, in front 11,113 the largest crowd in stadium history. Jeter went 1-for-2. "I need to play, I had enough days off," Jeter said of the irregular WBC schedule. "I had three days off before the ..."

Derek Jeter will return from Team USA to face Red Sox Tuesday

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March 24

New York Daily News

"Having been ousted from the World Baseball Classic on Sunday night, Derek Jeter will shed his Team USA uniform for the more familiar pinstripes, rejoining the Yankees in time for Tuesday's tilt against the rival Red Sox at Steinbrenner Field. "He's planning on being there (tonight)," Joe Girardi said after Monday's 8-3 loss to the Phillies. "Are we surprised?" Girardi was initially uncertain whether his shortstop would be back from Los Angeles in time for tonight's game, but he got the news from Jeter during Monday's game, confirming afterward that he would pencil the captain into the lineup. A.J. Burnett, who is 5-0 with a 2.56 ERA in eight career starts against Boston, will start for ..."

Like David Wright and Derek Jeter, we should think World of WBC

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March 23

New York Daily News

columnist Filip Bondy

"It wasn't supposed to matter. The World Baseball Classic was just this silly tournament getting in the way of spring training, disrespecting all those precious hamstring stretches that traditionally define America's staid, verdant baseball spring. But David Wright put on the uniform again Sunday, ignored the throbbing toe and tried to avoid running into Davey Johnson. With Evan Longoria now on the U.S. roster, the manager had another option at third base for this semifinal game if Wright wanted out of the lineup with his cracked big toenail. "If the foot starts swelling up, let me know," Johnson told Wright when he caught up to him. "Skip, I'm fine," Wright answered. Nothing against ..."

Derek Jeter mum on A-Rod's comment

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March 5

New York Daily News

"When A-Rod speaks, no one listens. At least not when it comes to the content of his words, anyway. Alex Rodriguez may have been concerned Tuesday that his compliment of Jose Reyes - "I wish he was leading off on our team" - would be seen as a dig at Derek Jeter, but neither the Yankees' shortstop nor their leadoff hitter seemed too upset by the embattled third baseman's words. "I've got nothing to say, man," Jeter said with a hint of amusement. "That about covers it." Damon was happy to discuss the situation, making it clear that he wasn't offended by Rodriguez's comments whatsoever. "I'm not going to let that bother me and I hope Derek doesn't feel that way, either," Damon said. "We ..."

Chin Music Livens Up Derek's Day

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March 4

New York Post

"The orders from Joe Girardi to all his pitchers were simple: Don't throw near Derek Jeter yesterday when Jeter wore a Team USA uniform at Steinbrenner Field. "The first pitch was inside and I said, 'Oh boy,' " Girardi said of Phil Hughes' initial pitch to Jeter in the first inning of yesterday's exhibition. Hughes, who obviously wasn't trying to hit or brush back Jeter, said the pitch got away. "I wasn't allowed to throw inside, and he might have known that because he was on top of the plate," Hughes said. "The pitch he hit into a double play on was inside, but I don't think it was too close." "It wasn't close," Jeter said. Jeter didn't hear much from his Yankee teammates other than Jorge ..."

Jeter Is Shortstop and Elder Statesman for U.S. Team

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March 4

New York Times

"Before Derek Jeter helped his temporary team defeat his regular team Tuesday, he discussed his diplomatic duties as the captain of the United States team for the World Baseball Classic. Jeter's locker in the American team's clubhouse is between those of Jimmy Rollins and David Wright. In that Rollins plays shortstop for the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies and Wright is the third baseman for their bitter rivals, the Mets, Jeter joked about arbitrating between the two stars whose National League East teams sometimes trade trash talk. "If they want to get at each other, they have to come through me," Jeter, the shortstop and captain of the Yankees, said, before his two hits and ..."

Jeter Goes from Captain to Opponent

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March 3

New York Post

"Derek Jeter will play a new role today: the enemy. Jeter and Team USA will face the Yankees at Steinbrenner Field and Jorge Posada only wishes his right shoulder were healthy enough for him to be behind the plate when Jeter steps in against Phil Hughes. "We are going to drill him, it will be fun," Posada said kiddingly of his close friend. "It will be fun to see him in the other dugout for the first time ever. Too bad I am not behind the plate to mess with him." Manager Joe Girardi said Hughes has been warned to avoid pitching inside to Jeter and nobody is allowed to break up a double play. "Peel off," is Girardi's message to his baserunners. * The numbers are in the box scores every day ..."

Before the World Classic, Jeter Must Take on the Yankees

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March 2

New York Times

"Derek Jeter has accomplished a great deal in professional baseball since graduating from high school in 1992, but he will experience something new Tuesday. As a member of the United States team for the World Baseball Classic, Jeter will play against the Yankees for the first time in an exhibition game at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. "I haven't really thought about it that way," Jeter said. "It will probably feel like an intrasquad game." The game is a warm-up for the second W.B.C., which begins Thursday and ends March 23. Jeter played in the first Classic, in 2006, but not against the Yankees. Jeter was asked if he felt patriotic to be trading his pinstripes for red, white and blue. "No ..."

Derek Gets Back On Field After Hammy Problem

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February 25

New York Post

"Derek Jeter's right hamstring isn't an issue any longer. Jeter, who sat out running drills Sunday, returned to the program yesterday at George M. Steinbrenner Field when he ran in the outfield and the bases. "He said it was a non-issue," Girardi said of Jeter, who is slated to play today against the Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. "I will check with him and see how he feels [today] and make sure he has no tightness in it." The Yankees aren't saying if they will add extra security today for the trip to Dunedin which Alex Rodriguez will make and take a verbal beating from the crowd. Usually, the Yankees travel with two security men in spring training. However, a Hillsborough County Sheriff's ..."

Jeter No Longer Spring Chicken

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February 25

New York Post

columnist Mike Vaccaro

"This was early last week, just after Derek Jeter moved his stuff into his familiar locker by the back wall inside the home clubhouse at George M. Steinbrenner Field. He had taken a few bats to the indoor cage, started stretching a bit before taking his first few hacks, and he felt an odd sensation wash over him. Was it nostalgia? Jeter isn't much for nostalgia, not yet. "When I'm retired, I'll be retired a long time," he says, smiling. "There'll be plenty of time to look back and sort through memories then." Was it wistfulness? The Yankees captain doesn't fall into those waters either, not much, not with a career still in its prime and a life he still says "comes right out of a dream," ..."

Jeter's hamstring soreness puts WBC in doubt

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February 23

New York Daily News

"Derek Jeter experienced some soreness in his right hamstring Sunday, and while the issue is not considered serious, the upcoming World Baseball Classic presents a concern for manager Joe Girardi. Jeter, who is known to keep injury-related issues to himself during the season, is set to be the starting shortstop for Team USA, but Girardi plans to speak to his shortstop about taking care of his health during next month's event. "It's awful early to be playing meaningful games," Girardi said of the WBC, which kicks off March 5. "Is his hamstring bad? No. It's a little sore. Guys are going to go through sore periods during this time in spring training. That's why we do this before we start ..."

Derek headed to WBC with hurtin' hammy

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February 23

New York Post

"Judging by Derek Jeter sitting out only the running portion of yesterday's workout, his cranky right hamstring isn't that serious. However, when you add in that Jeter - and Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano - are leaving to join their World Baseball Classic clubs next week, and could be gone for an extended period of time, the Yankees have a concern. "We know how Derek acts during the season, so it's somewhat of a concern," manager Joe Girardi said. "It's awful early to play meaningful games. Guys are going to get sore. It does concern me. The last thing we want is for a player to get hurt during the WBC. We will talk and make sure he is healthy." When the Yanks entered their running ..."

'Disappointed' In A-Roid, Captain Says Many Not Guilty

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February 19

New York Post

"Insisting he has never used performance-enhancing drugs, Derek Jeter is miffed at those who suggest all players have or are using during the "Steroid Era." And the Yankees' captain is disappointed at the players - including Alex Rodriguez - who have tainted baseball's image by using PEDs. "One thing that irritates and upsets me a lot is when you hear everybody say it was the 'Steroid Era' and everybody is doing it and that's not true," Jeter said yesterday after the first full-squad Yankees workout at George M. Steinbrenner Field. "Everybody wasn't doing it. Everybody is making a big deal of the list, 104 players. How many players are in the major leagues? (There are 1,200 on 40-man ..."

Derek Jeter stands by A-Rod, but says 'I don't condone anything he did'

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February 18

New York Daily News

"Yankees captain Derek Jeter promised Wednesday to stand behind steroid-stained teammate Alex Rodriguez but made it clear this latest A-Rod error wasn't easy to accept. "First and foremost, I don't condone anything he did," the squeaky clean shortstop told reporters at the team's Tampa training facility. "He doesn't condone anything he did. He understands it was a mistake." Jeter - once again an island of calm in an ocean of pinstriped uncertainty - acknowledged that making things right for the headline-generating Rodriguez presented a challenge. "It's going to be tough," said Jeter, who turned out a day earlier to support Rodriguez at his press conference. "I don't know what to expect. I ..."

Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez sound very much A-like

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February 12

New York Daily News

"Maybe it's a coincidence, but it seems like Joe Torre was right in his book "The Yankee Years" about Alex Rodriguez wanting to be like Derek Jeter. Wednesday, while making his way across a University of Miami parking lot, A-Rod sounded a lot like the Yankee captain had just the day before. "I'll talk to you guys at spring training when everybody's there," Rodriguez said, ending a brief but cordial conversation with a reporter. When Jeter was approached at the Bombers' spring training complex on Tuesday and asked about A-Rod, he responded: "I'm not addressing Alex's situation until everybody's here," referring to when the full media horde arrives at spring training. You be the judge. ..."

Jeter Waiting For Bigger Audience

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February 11

New York Post

"Whatever Derek Jeter feels regarding Alex Rodriguez's bombshell admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs, he's keeping it to himself, at least for now. The Yankees shortstop refused to share his thoughts yesterday, declaring he'll talk about it when the full team and media contingent are in Tampa next week. "Everybody at one time," Jeter said. "It makes no sense to do three people today, three people tomorrow, three people the day after that. When everybody gets together, that's when I'll talk about it." The Yankees are working out at the minor league complex, but when the full squad arrives they'll shift to the major league part. Position players report next Tuesday and are on ..."

Jeter forced to start A-new following A-Rod's admission

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February 10

New York Daily News

columnist Filip Bondy

"Derek Jeter was in Tampa on Monday working out, getting ready for baseball. You remember baseball: Small, white spheroid. Leather gloves. Flimsy wooden bats. It is a sport that Jeter still loves, that makes him smile in the dugout whenever a teammate smacks a double in the gap or Chien-Ming Wang says something wacky. You ask Jeter a question about real life, you'll likely get one curt, evasive sentence. You ask him about baseball, his face lights up and he'll talk both your ears off. Have you ever noticed how Jeter looks back, tracking a taken pitch all the way into the catcher's mitt? He milks every second from this game. Nobody was going to ask Jeter about taking pitches Monday, ..."

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February 10

New York Daily News

"This is what it's come to in the wake of Alex Rodriguez's admission of drug use: every player is going to have to answer the "steroid" question. Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada did Monday and both said they are clean. Asked if he was worried that his name would appear on the list of 104 names of players who failed drug tests in 2003, Jeter replied: "Why would I worry about me being on that list?" When Posada was asked if he worried that his name would get tainted by steroids, he replied, "I hope not. I think I've done things right. I don't think I've put anything in my body that could be positive on one of those tests." The Yankee catcher later reached out to a reporter to make sure that ..."

Jeter, Jorge confident they're not on any secret lists

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February 10

New York Post

"There's little concern in Derek Jeter's mind about whether he's one of the 104 people on the reported 2003 steroid list. "Why would I worry about me being on that list?" the Yankee captain, confident in his purity, said yesterday after his workout. "The list that you are supposedly concerned with, is supposed to be anonymous. I'm sure you guys have tests that aren't public." Fellow longtime Yankee Jorge Posada also stressed yesterday that he was clean. "I don't think I've put anything in my body that could be positive on one of those tests," Posada said, later adding for further clarification, "I have never tested positive. My first language is Spanish. I know English, but my first ..."

Jeter says A-Rod deserves 'the benefit of the doubt'

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February 9

New York Daily News

"In his first public comments since Saturday morning's bombshell revelation on Sports Illustrated's Web site that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003, Yankees captain Derek Jeter came out in support of his MVP teammate after a workout at the team's minor-league complex in Tampa. "My initial reaction is to wait until Alex talks," Jeter said. "Give him the benefit of the doubt. Give him that respect." When asked if he was worried about his own name being among the 104 names on the sealed list of Major League Baseball players who tested positive in baseball's 2003 survey testing season, Jeter answered: "Why would I worry about me being on the list?" Jeter said the ..."