
professional baseball player
Exjugador profesional de béisbol estadounidense, autor, empresario y locutor de béisbol
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Join the room“I'd boo myself, too. The fans expect us to do well, and that's good. I wouldn't want to play for a team where the fans didn't care. They boo, but they want to cheer.”
“It's the same game, I don't care where you are playing, Minnesota, Kansas City or New York, it's the same game.”
“You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the World Series. It's impossible to do well unless you're having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there's pressure. But I just look at it as fun.”
“I only wanted to play baseball. I only wanted to play shortstop. I only wanted to play for the Yankees. My whole life. It wasn't like I wanted to play for another team and ended up in New York. It wasn't like I wanted to play another position and ended up at short. This has always been the dream of mine: to play shortstop for the New York Yankees. And I get a chance to do it.”
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Derek Sanderson Jeter, apodado "the Captain", es un exjugador profesional de béisbol estadounidense, empresario y ejecutivo de béisbol. Como shortstop, Jeter pasó toda su carrera de 20 años en las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol (MLB) con los New York Yankees. Fue elegido para el Salón de la Fama del Béisbol en su primer año de elegibilidad en 2020; recibió 396 de 397 votos posibles, el segundo porcentaje más alto en la historia de la MLB y el más alto para un jugador de posición. Fue el director ejecutivo (CEO) y copropietario de los Miami Marlins de la liga de septiembre de 2017 a febrero de 2022.
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