Why does jeter wear 2

Hardy , who was assigned No. Someone who nearly wasn't a No. Derek Jeter himself. The Captain was more interested in 13, the number his father, Charles, wore while he was a shortstop at Fisk University. In , he was given No. Sunday night, the Yankees will become the fifth team to retire the No. Currently, there are four teams who don't have anyone wearing No. That leaves 21 clubs. Of those 21, there are 10 players on their man rosters who wear No. Not surprisingly, seven of those 10 play his old position.

The Angels' Andrelton Simmons didn't get to wear No. The Reds' Zack Cozart wanted No. The Royals' Alcides Escobar said he picked the number for the usual reason -- he loved how Jeter played the game. The Mets' Gavin Cecchini is not currently in the majors, but when he was the team's No. Cecchini is listed with the No. Twins second baseman Brian Dozier , who was a shortstop as a rookie in , wears No. Astros third baseman, Alex Bregman , has No. If there are two players who most represent No.

They're arguably the most devoted Jeter-ites currently in the game. I was caught by surprise that he was so locked in on No. Jeter got his way. In his interview with Curry, Jeter said he was unconcerned about his jersey number when debuting in the majors in That's obviously not true, but if Jeter could have picked any number back then, he would have picked the one that Alex Rodriguez wore as a Yankee from Jeter wound up with No.

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Maybe it was the smallest jersey they had available. Jeter initially had expressed an interest in taking No. Gallego kept No. Gallego forever will share that bond with Jeter. And he forever will be second-to-last for No. Contact The Author Name required.