After year-long delay, Yankees’ icon Jeter and others enter Hall of Fame
After a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeter will finally make his way to Cooperstown, N.Y., to be enshrined in the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame Wednesday.
He will be joined by fellow Class of 2020 inductees Larry Walker, Marvin Miller and Ted Simmons.
While in New York, key moments from Jeter’s playing days with the Yankees will resurface. The nearly 3,500 hits. The five World Series titles. The defensive highlights, from the flip against the Oakland Athletics in the 2001 American League Division Series to the jump throws to the walkoff single in his final home game in 2014.
The nicknames “The Captain”
and “Mr. October” are sure to be included in some way.
And when that speech is over, when the ceremony celebrating his Hall of Fame playing career finishes, Jeter will make his way back to South Florida to continue his current baseball endeavor as the Marlins’ CEO.
Orioles
The New York Court of Appeals has agreed to hear the long-running dispute between the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals over television rights fees. The court, the highest in the state, on Sept. 2 granted the the Orioles’ motion for permission to appeal. MASN was established in March 2005 after the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington and became the Nationals, moving into what had been Baltimore’s exclusive broadcast territory since 1972. The
Orioles have a controlling interest in the common network.
Mets
President Sandy Alderson said he has had little communication with acting general manager Zack Scott, who was arrested last week on a charge of driving while intoxicated. “We were all caught by surprise, very unfortunate,” Alderson said. “There’s not a lot I can say beyond the statements previously made. It’s a criminal case at this point.”
Indians
Manger Terry Francona is resting comfortably after undergoing toe surgery, his second operation since stepping aside from his duties for the season in July. Francona, who had hip replacement surgery in August, had the procedure at the Cleveland Clinic.