"No one, of course, will ever forget Derek Jeter’s final at-bat. He came to the plate in the bottom of the third, one out, nobody on. He swung at the first pitch, hit a dribbler back to the mound and was thrown out in roughly two seconds. This, however, did not phase him. Jeter kept running at full speed, past first base, all the way into the outfield. He was running out one last ground ball."
” ‘Champion Champion Dignity Champion Dignity Champion’ The Legend of Derek Jeter: An Examination in five parts” Sam Anderson’s Riff in the April 3, 2011 NYT Magazine.
The most hilarious thing I’ve read in a long time.
