Derek Jeter history provides blueprint for Yankees 2021 opener
NY Post
Joe Torre was on the phone from a beach in Hawaii, and yet, as he started talking, it sounded like he was back in that cold dugout in Cleveland 25 years ago this week, watching his rookie shortstop launch a home run, and a dynasty, that few saw coming. Derek Jeter had hammered a high fastball from old man Dennis Martinez, who had signed a pro contract before Jeter was born, and a quarter century later Torre could still see it sailing over Albert Belle and the left-field wall.
“When that ball was in the air,” Torre said, “it was a no-doubter, and I remember I exhaled a little bit.” Exhaled?Two women accuse NFL kicker Brandon McManus of sexually assaulting them on Jaguars’ flight to London
A pair of flight attendants who were on the Jaguars’ Sept. 28 Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings flight to London last season have sued former Jacksonville kicker Brandon McManus and alleged that he sexually assaulted them during the trip, according to ESPN.
You are the face of Major League Baseball, the $700 Million Man, and your close friend, your interpreter, betrays you, allegedly steals $16M from your bank account to pay off his gambling debts. An MLB investigation into The Scandal Heard ’Round the World, from here to Japan and back, thankfully absolves you. It does not cost you your reputation, or your growing legacy.