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-Hi, how are you? I’m Derek. -Hi. I’m good. I’m Athena.

-I’m Briella. -How are you? Derek.

You don’t have to be nervous or anything.

Okay. Yes, you do.

I am. [ Chuckles ]

How does it feel to get caught in a pickle?

Ah. I feel like I’m in one right now.

Do you like the taste of real pickles?

I like pickles, I do.

Does it ever annoy you that one judge

didn’t vote you to go into the Hall of Fame?

What do you think was wrong with that guy?

I don’t know. We should try to find out, though.

Now, how do you strike out 1,840 times?

Is that how many times I’ve struck out?

Yes. Thanks for telling me that.

Yeah, it’s a lot easier than you think.

It really is.

"The Captain" is presented by Capitol One.

Derek: My parents were strict.

You know, when your parents start telling you

about you’re going to sit down for a school year

and sign a contract, yeah, I used to fight it.

Charles: This is our expectation, this is the bar.

It’s nothing debatable, you know, really.

Derek: And we’d sit down and they’d map out a contract

Every year, me and my sister, we’d have to sign it.

I mean, it would cover extracurricular activities,

GPA, how we were gonna respect and treat others.

And they were serious. You know, if you didn’t abide

by the contract, you couldn’t play sports.

And for me, you know, sports was number one.

Now that I am a parent, I understand it.

It teaches you discipline. It teaches you responsibility.

I grew up not making excuses.

Treating people with respect,

demanding respect in return.

Who you are as a person has to matter.

How you treat people, how you deal with people.

My big thing is on trust

and loyalty and character and who you are.

And I want to be associated with people who are like-minded

and people that stand for the same things.

If I do my part, you know, I expect these things in return.

It’s not a one-way street.

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[ Bat cracks ]

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[ Crowd cheering ]

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[ Camera shutters clicking ]

[ Crowd chants "Derek Jeter" ]

[ Rhythmic clapping ]

Announcer: Tonight, the curtain is coming down

on the biggest star on the most magnificent stage in baseball.

Derek: During my career, it was always,

"What’s next? What’s next? What’s next?"

I wish I would have taken the time to enjoy my career

a little bit more as I was going through it.

But I also think that’s a reason why I’m here.

And I’m thinking to myself,

this one I’m going to try to enjoy.

I don’t know if I’m capable of it, but I’ll try.

Announcer: Just a beautiful night.

A little bit of a chill in the air.

It is a jam packed Yankee Stadium.

As the fans have come to say good-bye to a Yankee icon.

I had a real tough time. I was teary eyed.

I wouldn’t say full-blown crying.

I was teary eyed.

Announcer: It’s beginning to hit him

what this night means.

I just didn’t know how I was going to get through the game.

You know, when you talk about my career,

I was always pretty good at controlling my emotions.

It was rare for me to be experiencing

all of these emotions while trying to play.

[ Crowd chants "Derek Jeter" ]

Announcer: He seems to be taking it in,

looking around the ballpark.

Taking deep, heavy breaths.

Dorothy: He was a nervous wreck.

That’s the first time I’ve, you know,

ever seen him that nervous.

[ Crowd chants "Derek Jeter" ]

Announcer: We’re going to stay right here as Derek takes

the field for the final time.

What is going through Derek’s mind right now

as he will head out to his field of dreams?

Never has a game seemed like more of an afterthought.

They were trying to decide, how are we going to do this?

Should we take him off the field?

Announcer: The 2-2.

That one’s drilled deep to left field.

Gone, a home run for Adam Jones.

And the Yankees now lead 5-4.

Announcer #2: Drives one to deep left field.

Back goes Young, looking up. Tie game!

The only silver lining in the Bronx

is that Jeter will bat in the bottom half of the inning.

Oh, man, I’m...

I wanted the game to be over.

Announcer #1: Well, it comes down to this.

Derek Jeter has always been about the moment,

the big moment. He owns the moment.

Does he have one more moment in him?

He will be third up this inning.

Derek: As it all unfolds.

I wanted no part of it. Wanted no part of it

’cause I didn’t know how I would respond.

I really didn’t.

Announcer #1: The 1-1.

Grounded past a diving Flaherty.

Announcer #2: Well, it’s setting up for Jeter again, isn’t it?

-And there’s a bunt. -They get him at first.

Successful sacrifice.

Announcer #1: That brings up Jeter.

Stadium announcer: Batting for the Yankees,

number 2, Derek Jeter.

Number 2.

[ Crowd cheering ]

I definitely recognized the moment.

I’m like, "Damn, this is really unfolding.

Like, I guess this is -- it’s really going to go down

as a good day or a bad one.

Announcer #1: Well, the script is there.

The last page is in Derek’s hands.

Announcer #2: Waiting for Joseph.

If he extends his right arm, you’ll be able to hear the boos

all the way to Staten Island.

Announcer #3: Competitive as Buck is,

I don’t think he dares to do this.

People said, you know, "Buck just pitched to him

’cause it was Derek in his last game."

They don’t know me that well.

But I also knew that I probably couldn’t get to the bus

if we’d have walked him. We had to go home that day.

Announcer #4: And the pitch is lined.

Base hit! Right field! Here comes Richardson!

Announcer #1: Here’s the throw from Markakis.

Richardson is safe!

Announcer #5: Derek Jeter’s last game at Yankee Stadium...

Announcer #1: ...is a walk-off single!

Derek Jeter! Where fantasy becomes reality!

Did you have any doubt?

[ Cheering ]

Kay: You know, only Derek could do that.

This guy has lived a fantasy life.

I mean, you can’t write it.

Announcer #4: You cannot make this stuff up.

It’s a Hollywood script of a bad grade B movie in the ’30s.

Just amazing.

You couldn’t have written a better script.

Other than us winning the World Series.

Waldman: It’s quite astounding to see

someone’s entire career unfold in front of you

and knowing you might never see anything like that again.

You might, but you probably won’t.

Put on a show, man. Put on a show.

Oh, man, proud of you.

Dorothy: The end.

What is he going to do next?

Did he leave everything on the field?

What I think he did.

Announcer #1: And now Derek Jeter says good-bye.

Derek: I went out to short one last time

because I wanted to remember shortstop from Yankee Stadium.

First wanted to play shortstop because my dad played.

That’s where I learned the position.

That’s where I fell in love with the position.

I take a lot of pride

in saying it’s the only position I ever played.

That’s who I am.

You know, shortstop for the New York Yankees.

[ Crowd cheering ]

Announcer #2: Look at the Oriole dugout.

Announcer #3: Yeah, they’re not leaving.

That was pretty cool.

I’m glad I got to be there for that.

I got to see his first one and his last one.

Announcer #6: Derek Jeter has his first Major League hit.

Announcer #7: It’s gone! A home run!

Announcer #8: Base hit. 2-0, New York.

Announcer #9: From the outfield grass.

Man, what a play!

Derek: I played 20 years. Man, that’s a long time.

And it goes by quick.

It was a dream, you know.

It was a dream because, you know, when you retire,

it’s like you woke up.

You had to wake up.

[ Crowd chanting "Thank you, Derek" ]

[ Rhythmic clapping ]

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Everybody’s chanting, "Thank you, Derek."

And I’m thinking to myself, "For what?"

You know, I’m just trying to do my job.

So, thank you, guys.

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I couldn’t think of any person

that has been as fortunate as I’ve been.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

Announcer #1: So long, Derek.

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I’ve always admired and been somewhat

a little bit jealous of teammates

who had families during their careers.

And their kids are coming to games

and they’re in the clubhouse and they’re on the field.

And I used to think, "Man, that’s got to be pretty cool,

man, to be able to share that with your kids."

But my career always came first. I couldn’t do it.

It just wouldn’t be fair to who I was with

or wouldn’t be fair to my future kids.

So I just never crossed that line.

I thought I was being proposed to about,

like, three times before it actually happened.

One of the times, we were in Capri in Italy.

Every day, I wore a white dress, like I thought it was happening.

And, no. It was like a lovely trip,

but I was clearly, like, very angry at the end

because I was a little bitter.

I wasn’t ready. [ Chuckles ]

We were in Napa Valley, and I knew I wanted to do it.

We were on the balcony of our room.

We had been out there talking all night, drinking wine.

And then he, you know, got down on one knee,

and I was like, "What?!"

He did it in such an intimate way

where it was just him and I. There was no photographer.

There was no one watching us. It was just us.

I was happy for him. You know how men are, you know.

Really? Okay, join the club, you know.

Hannah: Once we got married, it was something that we knew

we wanted to kind of do right away is start a family.

He always said, from the very beginning,

"I’m going to have all girls."

Bella: We’re doing happy.

Make me a happy face.

Be happy!

Happy face! Give kiss.

He has absolute joy being a girl dad.

Dorothy: We were a fun family, you know,

we did silly things, and that’s what he does.

And I’m like, "Wow, Derek, man,

you’re letting your hair down," even though he doesn’t have any,

but, you know, "You’re letting your hair down."

I’m glad that we had a girl first

because him being around so many guys

and playing a team sport in that way,

I felt like having a baby girl

really just cracked him right open.

My oldest, this is when she was about two and a half,

dropping her off at school. I’m leaving for two days.

I tell her bye, I’m going to be gone for a little bit.

She goes out, she’s crying, she’s walking away.

I drive out, my wife’s in the passenger seat,

and she looks at me, she says, "Are you crying?

You didn’t cry during your career.

You didn’t cry when we got married.

You didn’t cry when we got engaged.

And you crying, dropping your daughter off at school."

So I was like, "No, no, no. Just tears. Just tears."

But I tell you what.

Best thing that I could ever experience is being a father.

And what is your sister’s name?

Bella: My sister.

What’s your sister -- My silly sister.

Okay, close. That was close.

Okay, so we’re doing all this, man.

We better get a phone call, huh?

Huh, Case?

Bella: I will call you. Derek: Yeah.

Ooh!

Casey told me, if you’re going to get a phone call,

it should come around this time frame.

We’re doing an awful lot if we don’t get a phone call.

My mom said she’ll go call me.

[ Laughter ]

Oh, boy. So I’m sitting there, man.

I got my family, and nothing’s ringing.

It got real quiet in here, didn’t it?

Yeah, what happened. Real quiet.

Day.

Day. Yeah.

Hannah: Okay.

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[ Cell phone rings ]

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Dorothy: DJ?

-All right. -DJ?

DJ, it’s Jack O’Connell in New York.

Jack, how are you?

I’m doing well and you’re going to be doing well

in about two seconds.

Baseball writers have elected you to the Hall of Fame.

-Congratulations. -Thank you, Jack. Thank you.

I appreciate -- Jack, you know what?

I -- I always look forward to seeing you

and hearing your voice, but for selfish reasons,

your voice sounds a little bit better today.

-All right. -Yeah!

Hey -- Oh, oh. Oh, okay, okay. Okay.

-Okay. It’s okay. It’s okay. -Oh, sorry.

It’s okay.

Congratulations, man.

Man, I’m proud of you.

Hey, you deserve it, buddy. You deserve it, all right?

[ Bella crying ]

It’s okay. It’s okay.

You know how much them genes you got from me?

[ Laughs ]

It’s all hereditary.

It’s all hereditary.

Hannah: It meant so much to Derek.

Like, "I’ve accomplished all of this on the field."

Did you do this all by yourself?

Yeah. And then, like, I now

have my own family to enjoy this with.

Cashman: I saw Derek at the Hall of Fame,

and he asked if I had a moment, and we went for a walk.

I wanted him to know,

look, I know we had butted heads,

in my mind, quite a bit.

And he wanted to convey that,

that bad blood doesn’t exist anymore.

Derek: I just wanted to say I have a new appreciation

for some of the decisions that you had to make.

And maybe during my career, maybe I needed someone

to go out there every day to try to prove wrong.

But I just wanted him to know that it was --

it was over and done with.

Want me to say hello to you?

You do? And mama.

And mama, too? Do I have to?

It’s a culmination of everything,

like his entire life,

from the time he was born to now

as a father.

Should I go?

Hannah: The day of the Hall of Fame,

I wrote a letter to his parents,

sharing with them how great of a job

they’ve done and the morals that they’ve instilled in him

that has carried through his career,

but also as a father and as a husband.

Woman: Ladies and gentlemen, from the class of 2020,

Derek Jeter.

Thank you.

Jordan: I was proud to be his friend.

We start to play these games,

not with the notion of being a Hall of Famer.

We just try to be the best athlete we can be.

If you do it the right way, that’s where it ends up.

Without a doubt, he should be remembered

as one of the best shortstops to ever play.

I forgot how good that feels.

[ Applause ]

Thank you to the baseball writers --

all but one of you -- who voted for me.

[ Laughter ]

[ Cheering ]

Hall of Fame never crossed my mind during my career.

I really didn’t. It was just do your job.

For me, you know, the love of the game

and the success I had playing it starts and ends with family.

My dad kept saying, just keep building that résumé.

And then, look where it got us.

Does that look like me? No.

No, it doesn’t? No, it doesn’t look like --

It looks like my mama.

It looks like mama. Oh, okay.

part

of every decision that was made, whether it was public relations

or marketing, contract negotiations, philanthropy.

And roughly 10 years before my career was over with,

I became vocal that I want to be

a part of an ownership group, and I wanted to build something.

Verducci: Being an owner was always on his radar.

Leadership almost came naturally to him,

and I think this seemed to be the next step forward.

In my mind, I think this is the greatest sport in the world,

and I’m interested in helping the game grow.

Do you want to own a baseball team?

I do. I mean, that’s the ultimate goal.

I wanted to bring a perspective

as a player into an ownership group.

Evans: I would look at him and say to him jokingly,

"You know there’s no Black owners, bro.

They’re not going to let you in there."

"Oh, no, I’m going get a baseball team."

Verducci: I think the challenge of running an organization

really lit a fire under him.

The Marlins came on to the market,

and if he wanted a challenge, he picked a big one.

Because throughout the history of the Marlins,

ownership was never committed to putting a winner

on the field year after year.

The Marlins would win, and then it would be gone

the very next year.

Mish: They go out in 1997, they win the World Series.

And then, immediately after the 1997 season,

Wayne Huizenga looks at his books,

sells off the entire team.

And they handed Loria the Marlins.

And then, in 2003, beat the New York Yankees?

I think even Loria, to himself, wondered,

"Even with us being good,

are people still going to show up?"

The attendance figures were not great in April.

They were not great in May.

They were not great in June or July.

In South Florida, they’ve never been in the habit of baseball.

To me, it all goes back to ownership,

just the lack of full commitment

that we’re going to be good for a while, not just one year.

Mish: And there’s one big feature event

that really changed the entire landscape

of his tenure owning the Marlins.

More now on the tragedy that has struck the baseball world.

Superstar pitcher of the Marlins José Fernández

found dead early this morning,

the result of a boating accident.

Mish: José Fernández was a Cuban-born athlete in a city

where the Cuban community

is the predominant community in South Florida.

It was probably the most tragic sports-life moment

in the history of South Florida.

And for Loria,

when José Fernández died, I think his genuine interest

in owning a baseball team died with it.

Hannah: There’s only so many Major League Baseball teams,

and they only come up for sale every so often.

But let’s just say, like, a team comes up

and it’s in Milwaukee.

Like, are we going to move to Milwaukee?

No. Really, he had his eye on Tampa and Miami,

and, honestly, we didn’t know

if it was actually possible in his lifetime.

Derek: Major League franchises don’t come up for sale

too often, and there’s only 30 of them.

So there’s a lot of competition when one becomes available.

You put the group together. I mean, it’s a painful process.

You’re dealing with a lot of wealthy individuals.

I mean, you think players have a lot of money.

You’re in a whole nother atmosphere.

It was a lot of networking.

It was a lot of flying across the frigging world

to talk to people in order to create the perfect group.

Verducci: Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter got together

just in the course of bidding on the Marlins.

Bruce Sherman is a guy who put together

a very successful private wealth-management company.

Derek was putting his group together, and, obviously,

you know, his name, it’s magic around baseball.

They sort of combined the power and name of Derek Jeter

and the money of Bruce Sherman.

So they’re trying to understand who each one is,

what the responsibilities are going in,

because in Major League Baseball,

one person is designated as the control person.

Hannah: His whole idea from the very beginning was,

"I want to invest literally my own money into this"

because, like, he wanted to be in control.

Derek: I went into the process

as being the MLB designated control person.

Of course I wanted to have control.

I didn’t want to just be a passive investor.

But during the course of the sale,

Jeter really couldn’t be a control person

because he didn’t have nearly enough money in the bid.

So you can say it was set up for a little bit of a conflict.

That’s where knowing the other person really becomes important.

And I think because there wasn’t

a personal history between the two,

they had to learn those kind of things on the fly.

Woman: Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has agreed

to sell the Marlins franchise for $1.2 billion

to a group led by New York businessman Bruce Sherman

and Derek Jeter.

To be honest with you, I wasn’t positive

we were going to get the team

until the commissioner called me and told me.

Of course, like, you celebrate. We were so excited.

You almost feel like the impossible happened.

How could this be?

But we didn’t know what was in store for us.

Derek: A few weeks after our oldest was born,

I was at my office in Tampa, and I got a phone call.

I missed a phone call, and then I got a text with a 911.

I had a hemorrhage at home, but it was really, really bad.

My office, fortunately, was only 5 minutes from my house,

so I jumped in the car and drove home

and I saw how serious it was.

Hannah: Went to the emergency room

because I had a placenta accreta,

which was, I guess, they didn’t notice at the time of birth.

That was sort of a tricky situation because I had this

like three-hour-long surgery in order to get this piece out

so I would be able to have kids in the future.

Really didn’t know how bad it was until the next morning.

The next morning, a couple of doctors came in, and one said,

"We almost lost you."

And I’m like, "What?"

I ended up having five blood transfusions.

She almost -- She almost... passed away.

It was hard, but, you know, I had a 3-week-old baby,

so I didn’t really -- at the time, I didn’t really have time

to, like, check in with myself

and see like, "How are you feeling?

How are you doing?"

You know, it was just kind of like

had to hit the ground running.

Derek was in the middle of finalizing this acquisition.

So, I just remember days after of, you know,

getting home from the hospital

and having this really wild experience,

and, you know, within two weeks, we had to be relocated to Miami.

We rallied and we got to Miami and we were

in a press conference like a few days later.

Sherman: It’s just one of the most exciting days in my life

to be teaming up with an icon like Derek

as the C. E. O. of the Miami Marlins.

Gumbel: You are the first Black C. E. O.

in Major League Baseball history.

What’s that mean to you?

It means a lot. I mean, it means a lot.

I’m well-versed in the history of this game.

And, you know, I understand that diversity,

especially in the front office,

has been an issue with this game.

I think there’s been some progress,

but not quite as much as there should be.

Taylor: Breaking a color barrier

in Major League Baseball is massive.

It is a huge deal. This is a moment.

This is not something we’ve experienced.

This is something we should appreciate.

This is something we should document.

Becoming the C. E. O. of that team, I’m in awe of it.

His dad is a Black Southern guy from Alabama.

Charles: I’ve always tried to pass along to

both Derek and Sharlee

that you, as a Black male, you, as a Black female,

that it’s important that you be a role model,

that you give back to the community.

Sharlee: He knew that was something that would allow

other young kids to look up to and aspire

to be in that type of position.

But I think that there was also the moment of,

"Okay, you’ve broken this barrier.

What are you going to do with it?"

And I know he took that very seriously.

Rhoden: From Jackie Robinson and to now to Derek Jeter,

owning is just part

of a beautiful evolution toward power.

There’s going to be, at times, unpopular decisions

that we make on behalf of the organization,

but just understand that every decision that we make

is for the betterment of this organization.

Anytime you have a new ownership group, there’s changes.

I know people are going to be upset

and people are going to be angry about it.

And I can’t expect you to trust me. You don’t know me.

It takes time to develop trust and earn trust.

One thing that I’ve always tried to be

is very up front and honest.

There are some financial things we have to get in order.

That’s the bottom line.

It’s an organization that’s been losing money

for quite some time, so we have to turn that around.

Jordan: Create your vision and stick to that vision.

And if you believe in it, you’ll do all the necessary work

that you need to do to make that vision happen.

Verducci: We got a real baseball person here,

a guy who knows how to win.

But what Derek did right away

was he just ripped off the Band-Aid.

Man: Giancarlo Stanton has been traded to the New York Yankees.

Man #2: The Marlins are saturated with debt.

They have to free themselves of some of that.

Derek: It’s tough if you have a payroll and there’s one player

making a lot of the payroll, then, yeah, it’s an issue.

Verducci: And then Christian Yelich

sent to Milwaukee.

Man #3: The fire sale is under way.

Derek: I wasn’t around for them not winning.

So I don’t know why it didn’t work,

but for whatever reason, it wasn’t working here,

and we had to make changes.

We haven’t had a winning season since ’09.

So, you know, that’s unacceptable.

It’s unacceptable to the ownership group.

It’s unacceptable to the fan base.

Man #4: Derek Jeter is ruining the Marlins.

Man #5: The first thing he does when he comes to Miami

is take a sledgehammer to the franchise.

Man #6: He has just stripped this sucker down

until it is completely barren.

Derek: Look, I get it, you know, it’s an organization

that won a World Series, stripped the team,

won another one, stripped the team,

built a new park, stripped the team.

And here we come, as a new ownership group,

and we’re making changes.

We never got into this to chase winning one time.

The organization’s already won twice, right?

But the fans still aren’t coming out, because every year,

they don’t have an opportunity.

We wanted to have an opportunity to win year in and year out.

In the Marlins’ case, it means that they are headed

for a probable 100-loss-type season

because they have gotten rid of such marquee names.

Coming in here with a plan.

We’re going to stick to our plan.

Epstein: I think there’s a natural tendency

to want to please people and to not get people

pissed off at you, and you respect

the organizations and the leaders

who take a real point of view

and are willing to stand up for what they believe in.

And Derek had real conviction about what it takes to win.

Theo Epstein took over the Cubs and he told the fan base,

"Look, it’s going to take five years."

I took over the organization,

I wouldn’t put a time frame on it.

Announcer: And that one’s going to get into center field.

Derek: When players take the field,

they should expect to win.

People thought I was crazy, but I expected them to win.

Announcer: And that ball booted.

He just feels like, if you don’t play to win tonight,

you’re wasting your time.

Derek: We’re trying to win ballgames every day.

But you’re enough of a baseball man to know

that if you trade your best players,

it’s unlikely you’re going to win more games.

You never tell your team that they’re expected to lose.

We have two different mind --

I can’t wait to get you on a golf course, man.

I mean, I can’t wait for this one.

No, I mean -- You’re mentally weak.

One thing, looking back, you realize,

"Hey, man, it does take some time.

Sharlee: He knew his role was, "I’m the face.

Any decision that is made, whether it’s mine or not, is,

I’m going to be the one who has to answer to it."

Jordan: It’s human nature that, you know,

when you see Michael Jordan, you expect, you know,

based on he won six championships in eight years,

that the teams that he would be owning

are going to be deep into the playoffs.

You know, you got to realize, I’m not playing.

Derek is no different because he’s a champion.

Everybody thinks that, if he’s running a team,

they should be contending for championships.

It’s just that immediate gratification that people expect

because Derek Jeter is controlling the team

or Michael Jordan’s controlling the team.

Those are the demons that you have to, you know, deal with.

Derek: I think maybe you have some people

that have been waiting some time to take shots.

I remember we had a town hall right when I first took over.

One of the fans came up and said,

"Hey, could you imagine George Steinbrenner

trading me and Jorge and Andy and Mariano?"

And I said, "Absolutely,

because if we didn’t win, we would have been gone."

[ Bella babbling ]

When Hannah went through the issues after Bella was born,

we were told that she wouldn’t have any more issues.

And so she got pregnant with Story and found out

that it was going to be a high-risk pregnancy.

Hannah: I was bleeding throughout the pregnancy,

so I had one really bad hemorrhage

that landed me in the hospital.

It was like the final hemorrhage.

The doctor was like, "What are we going to do?"

Losing blood. We don’t know who’s losing blood.

We don’t know if it’s the baby or it’s Hannah.

What do you want to do here?

Do we try to keep you pregnant longer,

do we give you another steroid shot, or do we deliver the baby?

And at that point, I think I was like, you know, 31 weeks.

So it wasn’t ideal, really, to give birth.

And Hannah looked at me and said, "It’s your call."

So I was like, "Give me a couple minutes."

Right?

So then I said, "Well, we can’t -- we can’t...

chance it," so decided to move forward right then.

So they gave me an emergency C-section, and we had Story.

They immediately take her to the NICU.

Shortly thereafter, like a few minutes later,

they had to give me a hysterectomy.

So that was -- kind of sucks, but...

That was -- Yeah, that was --

Yeah, that was -- That was a rough time right there.

Hannah: Like any parent who’s been in that situation,

it’s the worst.

Our daughter was there for a few weeks.

As a parent, you just want your kids to be born healthy.

And these situations, I had zero control.

She is by far the strongest person I know.

Because I had a lot of hemorrhages,

I just always had this feeling

of, like, I needed to rush to the hospital.

And, so, that kind of...

turned into, you know, panic attacks,

anxiety, and depression, really, for a long time.

I remember talking, having a few conversations

with moms and friends and close, close friends about,

you know, it’s like, "Oh, it’s normal

to have the baby blues after you give birth," whatever.

And for me, it wasn’t -- I didn’t have the baby blues.

Like, it was bigger than that.

It was sort of shitty timing,

because my husband’s, like, starting a new job,

and I’m, like, fucking losing my mind at home

and I’m needing his support.

And, you know, it’s --

And I’m so grateful because --

’cause he dropped everything, you know?

-What do you got? -And that’s mom?

Yep. Now let me see what you do.

Williams: I see him communicating with his girls

the way his dad and his mother communicated with him.

Dorothy: I’m super proud of the dad and the husband he became.

I’m happy that I see my husband in him.

He’s got a little ways to go to become the super dad that I am,

but he’s getting there.

[ Laughs ]

thing that I was taught

when I was young is, you need to have a wide variety

of friends and open yourself up to other people’s experiences.

And the great thing about our kids

we have so many different races and religions and nationalities.

I’m gonna share some experiences I’ve had growing up.

I’m sure my dad, grandpa is going to --

he’s going to share stories that he went through.

I’m proud of what I’ve done in my career,

but having a family of my own is the ultimate.

To be able to share that with Hannah,

it brings you so much joy,

regardless of what happens on a daily basis,

that you have a family that -- most days, not all days --

look forward to seeing you when you get home.

Bella: Mommy, no!

it’s a platform for athletes.

And what we want to do is give athletes,

equip athletes with the tools

to help them tell their stories in an authentic, unbiased way.

Sabathia: It was fitting that he started a media outlet

for players because he would always be frustrated

that other people would tell guys’ stories.

Anyone that says that the relationship

between athletes and journalists,

reporters is not fractured, they’re lying to you.

Yeah. Right? It is.

And it’s the trust factor. Players have different ideas.

They want to speak up and speak out.

But one thing that’s lacking

is the trust of who they’re speaking to.

We not perfect. We never talked about --

We want to show people that you can still

be a good person, have a successful life,

have a good life no matter what you’ve been through.

You know, going through that and losing her at that time,

it rocked me.

If you have the technology, you have a platform,

and Derek recognized, "We can control the platform."

Reynolds: "Players’ Tribune" changed everything.

The 25th man on the team had the same power as a Michael Jordan.

That is powerful.

That’s why somebody like Derek Jeter is so important.

He’s a true example of America changing.

Taylor: He’s slowly pushing the needle in the right direction.

And, so, I feel like that also happened with him

as the C. E. O. of the Marlins.

Derek: I took a lot of pride in making sure

that we added people to the organization

that add value but also bring different points of view.

Whether it was Caroline O’Connor,

I brought in as my chief of staff.

She was promoted to C. O. O.

she was the highest-ranking female in Major League Baseball.

Hiring Kim Ng as the general manager,

first female general manager in any of the major sports.

Ng: People are looking for hope.

People are looking for inspiration.

And I’m happy that this is a part of it.

By hiring Kim Ng, it’s the most significant hire

maybe in the history of Major League Baseball.

Cashman: She was impactful for us in the front office.

I couldn’t have found a better person to help,

you know, guide me.

She was instrumental in all facets of our operations.

Derek: I had known Kim from the Yankee days,

when she was assistant general manager.

It’s funny how it works, because Kim was part of

the arbitration case against me,

but I always had a great deal of respect for her

and what she’s accomplished in her career.

I really started to dig into how important Derek Jeter

could be to Black culture,

to Black baseball culture, to baseball culture, period.

Holt: Outrage at the death of George Floyd,

an African-American man,

while in police custody in Minneapolis.

It is a precarious moment for this country

still in the grip of a pandemic.

In 2020, when every team was releasing a statement

and one came from Derek Jeter, it was huge,

because for so long,

we didn’t hear from Derek Jeter on issues of race.

Man: "I am deeply saddened by the death of George Floyd

and feel the pain and outrage it has caused

his family and people throughout the world."

We all know, as athletes, you don’t want

to ruffle feathers sometimes, you know,

especially as Black athletes,

you don’t want to ruffle feathers.

I wanted our players to understand

that they had my support.

They had the organization’s support.

Chisholm: What’s happening with the Black lives in our communities?

It’s sickening to watch that every day.

Do whatever I can do, especially with the platform that I have.

Derek: You know, sometimes you go through situations like that,

it brings players closer together

because it’s almost like it’s us against the world.

Announcer: That’s chopped up the middle.

There’s one. On to first. It’s a double play.

And the Marlins have clinched a playoff berth.

Derek: That was the time frame I had.

Look, man, we went to the playoffs in 2020.

That’s our third year.

First time in the postseason in a long time.

And I don’t care what anyone says

about an abbreviated season, I really don’t.

Announcer: Swing and a miss. And the ballgame is over.

And the Miami Marlins

will advance to the National League Division Series.

Verducci: It was an important step forward,

and it also sort of changed the mind-set

that, you know, they could put a team together in Miami

that could win based on their young pitching.

And it might be the best young starting staff

in the game of baseball right now.

We got to the postseason a lot quicker than people thought,

and then we took a little step back.

Announcer: It’s a long run for Duvall.

And he missed And that ends the ballgame.

Verducci: The longer season in 2021

sort of exposed the lack of depth in the Marlins

and especially there just wasn’t enough offensive firepower.

Derek was C. E. O. of the Marlins on a team in 2021

that took a huge step back on the baseball side.

People are still not going to Major League Baseball games.

We’ve built the foundation which you need to do

in order to compete for a championship.

We have new partners on the business side.

We have a new RSN deal. We named the park.

We built a top minor-league system in baseball.

But you see things, over time, start to develop,

differences in opinion start to develop.

If the vision that we set out for this organization,

if now that they’re going to change course,

then I can’t be out front saying I believe in it.

I take a lot of pride in having integrity.

I take a lot of pride in having high morals.

And I’m not going to change that.

It just wouldn’t be me

if -- if I was still in the position.

And then, at the end, it was quick.

Man: We start with a developing story on "SportsCenter."

Derek Jeter is stepping down as C. E. O. of the Miami Marlins.

In a statement, the Hall of Famer saying,

"The vision for the future of the franchise is different

than the one I signed up to lead."

Did we ever imagine we’d be here?

Fuck, no. Like this was why we moved to Miami.

Like, we live here. This is our community.

It’s more upsetting to us than anyone else.

Derek: I hold my head up high down here in Miami

because everything that I said that we were going to do,

we were doing, all right?

Never lied to anyone here.

It’s just another lesson.

You learn lessons in life, right?

You do. And then, it goes back to, in terms of me...

not trusting people or taking a long time to trust people.

And then, you go through situations like this,

and it just reinforces, you know,

how I’ve been thinking my entire life, so...

Hannah: The way things ended

just puts a sour taste in your mouth.

It was very, very upsetting.

And I think he’s still sort of wrapping his head around

how this all -- like, "How did I get here?"

What was really hard was that this happened

after one of his best friends dies.

I mean, we talk about that close-knit group of friends

that Derek has, and Gerald was my guy.

I mean, just a strong, proud man and just loyal to the bone.

He’s been like a staple for Derek

as one of his closest friends for so many years.

You know, "G" is someone who’s going to be missed.

He’s the godfather to Story.

He is one of my best friends in the world.

And you talk about one of the most difficult things

that I’ve ever had to do was to say goodbye to Gerald,

knowing that he was a couple hours away from --

from passing.

Man, he’s -- He was a special one.

♪

I get all the tough questions, man.

Say what?

Every day, same old tough questions.

Telling him, H.

Alex and Derek obviously have a lot of history.

As long as our relationship is fine,

I could care less what other people think.

The thing is, it’s still a topic today.

Someone will bring up his name, and they’ll insinuate

something going on with our relationship.

Hannah: There’s clearly some hurt

or anger or something still there.

But I just like to remind Derek

that not everyone at that young age

had that same ability to handle the press the way you did.

Derek: And, I mean, we were in our mid-20s.

We allowed -- I probably allowed the picture just to be painted

by others for so many years.

I think it would be probably good for them,

at some point, like, without the cameras rolling,

to actually have a real conversation

because he’s at a different place in his life.

Some things have changed. My perspective, my outlook now

has changed because, you know, one, you’re having a family

and you go through experiences in life and you learn.

But we’ll sit down and talk and...

put it to bed.

You know, nobody’s perfect.

Like, I made my fair share of mistakes, but...

I wouldn’t change anything.

I wouldn’t change anything to happen

because that’s the reason why I’m here.

And that’s...who I am.

I was asked his question when I retired.

"What’s most important that you’re remembered by?"

And I always just said, "Man,

I wanted to be remembered as a Yankee."

That was the only thing I ever wanted to do,

the only thing I ever wanted to be.

Kay: Derek’s the homegrown kid.

He’s the Yankee from birth.

Zillo: I just think it was something he was

almost born into.

Championship shortstop, New York Yankees.

You know, happy and, you know, all the hard work paid off.

And I’m finally getting a chance to play up here,

and hopefully I can stay.

Bryant: Derek’s a competitor.

There’s nothing more important to Derek than winning.

Nothing.

Announcer: The Yankees win!

And he won more than anybody else.

Mr. World Champion shortstop.

Jadakiss: His being in New York and winning,

he has something to do with the frequency in this city.

Jeter’s going to always come to your mind

any time you think about New York.

That’s the impact that he had on the city.

Rhoden: The New York Yankees are New York’s team.

When the Yankees are rolling, then everything rolls.

To be the captain, to be the star of the Yankees,

Jeter was just the perfect guy.

Even down to the fact that he’s biracial.

There was a sense that Derek kind of belonged to everybody.

Announcer: We will remember this game for the rest of our lives.

Cashman: Derek Jeter represents all that we want to become

in this country, basically,

which is we want to have success,

we want to do good, we want to do right,

want to have a great family.

He’s done all those things.

Fat Joe: Guy came from humble beginnings to being a captain

to being an owner.

He’s exemplifies that it can be done.

He was bigger than the sport because he represents so much

to everybody the way he always carries himself.

He was an inspiration for me

to try to be an honest person with integrity.

Tirado: He gained the trust of the city.

It’s majestic what he was able to do.

Jackson: He was respected and liked.

His concern was trying to do the right things

for the person that he was.

Winfield: Continue to break records, to break ground,

do things that haven’t been done before.

Jordan: He inspires others to be great.

Not in baseball, maybe not in sports, but in life.

Very few people can inspire people that way.

That’s where Derek Jeter is more powerful than people know.

Rollins: There is no doubt that Derek

is an American cultural icon, period.

And if you don’t believe it, you just hatin’.

Dorothy: He didn’t have to say, "Hey, look at what I’m doing."

He just did it.

If that’s an icon, maybe so.

I think of my son as my son.

Derek: I was fortunate to do what I always wanted to do.

And there are a lot of perks that came along with it.

A lot of attention, a lot of notoriety

because of the job I had and where I played.

But, no, I just don’t look at myself like that.

One thing that I’ve come to find is, you know,

if you sit around here and you’re always saying,

"What’s next, what’s next, what’s next?"

You never get a chance to enjoy anything.

And I think I’ve gone through a large portion of my adult life

not enjoying things, day to day not enjoying it because it’s,

"What’s tomorrow, what’s tomorrow, what’s tomorrow?"

That’s one of my character flaws.

So right now, I just want to enjoy each day.

Bella: That’s okay.

[ Chuckles ] Is that funny?

Because it’s been a hell of a ride, man.

And it’s...

It’s not over.

♪

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