Derek Jeter receives Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award (Video)
By Hayden Kane
Before the New York Yankees took the field on Tuesday night, Derek Jeter received another bit of recognition as his final season comes to a close.
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Commissioner Bud Selig was in attendance, and before the game he gave Jeter the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award. What the heck is that, you might ask? Rather ambiguous, is the way you might describe the criteria for an award that is given to somebody who has had a “major impact on the game.”
Here are some of the quotes from Selig as he presented Jeter with the honor on Tuesday.
“How lucky have we been ... that the face of baseball for the past two decades, through ups and downs, has been Derek Jeter.”- Bud Selig
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 23, 2014
“It’s a privilege to say thank you Derek, and what a storybook career it has been.”- Bud Selig
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 23, 2014
Here is the video of Jeter receiving the award from Selig, courtesy of MLB.com:
As far as nice touches are concerned, Bob Nightengale of USA Today passes along this tidbit.
Bud Selig and MLB gives Jeter's Turn 2 foundation check for $222,222.22
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) September 23, 2014
Good thing Jeter isn’t no. 99, right commish?
Add this to the list of cool gestures and events as Jeter plays his final games at Yankee Stadium.
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