Sep 08, 2021

Yankees star Derek Jeter inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Posted Sep 08, 2021 10:59 PM
<b>Derek Jeter at bat for the New York Yankees during a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in 2009.</b>&nbsp; Photo by&nbsp;Keith Allison, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>,&nbsp;via Wikimedia Commons
Derek Jeter at bat for the New York Yankees during a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in 2009.  Photo by Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Former Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter, Colorado star Larry Walker, Ted Simmons of the Cardinals and Brewers, and the late labor executive Marvin Miller were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jeter missed by one vote of being a unanimous pick in his first year on the ballot, but that was far from his mind on this day.

Jeter, who noted at the start of his speech that 10 Hall of Famers had died in the past 20 months, was greeted by a sea of Yankees fans for a ceremony that was changed to mid-week in September from its customary spot on a Sunday in late July because of the pandemic.