[fhayek]

There are a lot of things to be cynical about sports and professional athletes nowadays. But Derek Jeter played the game hard. He played to win, but he played with class and dignity. Thank you, Derek. You were a true champion.

[be-baw]

Is he finally gone? Talk about your long goodbyes...

[re_nortex]

Thank you, Derek. You were a true champion.

Derek Jeter supported hussein, the illegal muzzie usurper who has orchestrated the knock out game and the destruction of American values. Ergo, Derek Jeter is in the same category as Ted Kennedy to me.

[ozzymandus]

Some guy hit a single and the media elected him the new Jesus. BFD.

[BamaDi]

I’m a huge Yankee fan - have been all my life. One of the highlights of my life was a private tour of Yankee Stadium in 2005 - it was a surprise retirement gift from my organization. I had tears flowing the entire time....have pix of me in the bullpen, the Yankee dugout, Yankee locker room....oh my, what a day! And Jeter is one class act!

[Le Chien Rouge]

3.2.1. until haters begin what they do best....

Jeter was clean, played the game right, was WELL respected by foes and stayed out of trouble....

I don’t care if he was a democrat, fascist or communist...VERY FEW PRO athletes had Jeter’s integrity...

[Larry Lucido]

Seems like only 20 years ago that George Costanza taught him how to hit.

[chajin]

I’m a Rays fan, have been for many years, cringe when all the Yankee fans show up at the Trop. Jeter was a class act, just like Rivera. I wish he’d played for us. And he’ll be in some ballpark somewhere, coaching the next generation.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

http://m.mlb.com/video/v36691487/kccws-konerko-departs-game-in-6th-to-final-ovation

Also, Paul Konerko’s last day

[Secret Agent Man]

The herp parade ends there, i guess.

[Jack Hammer]

Even to Red Sox fans, who hate the Yankees in a relatively good-natured way, Jeter is a baseball great.

[Vermont Lt]

He played well. He played clean. And his off field life was quiet.

He IS the player that your aspiring ball players should emulate.

I don’t know his politics. I don’t care. He was a baseball player and his vote counts as much as mine.

He was excellent at what he did. That’s good enough for me.

And I am a Red Sox fan. (He is no Bucky F’ing Dent.)

[Skooz]

Geesh, just retire already. His goodbye is dragging on as long as my divorce did.

[RayChuang88]

In my humble opinion, Derek Jeter--along with Mariano Rivera--deserve to be the first players to get voted unanimously by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Not only were they great players, but they famously got along very well with the tough New York City mass media and proved themselves to be outstanding ambassadors for the sport. And that goes a long way among the BBWAA membership.

[who knows what evil?]

Narcissistic northeast sports media heard from...again. Yap, yap, yap.