Derek Jeter; Mr November
from Backwards K Pod Hosted by Jake Robinson
At the age of 10, while watching a baseball game at Detroit's TIger Stadium, Derek Jeter, caught up in the euphoria of the moment, tells his parents. "One day you two will see me play baseball here." He lay in his bed that night with his future entirely mapped out in his head. in his own words, " I fell asleep that night, and in some ways, I never woke up from the dream." This is the story about the kid from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who would go onto become the face of his childhood favorite team, the New York Yankees, as well as the star, that always shined brightest, on the world's grandest baseball stages. #DerekJeter #NewYorkYankees #DorothyJeter #CharlesJeter #SharleeJeter #KalamazooCentralHighSchool #UniversityOfMichigan #BillFreehan #GaryDenbo #StickMichaels #GeorgeSteinbrenner #JorgePosada #BernieWilliams #MarianoRivera #AndyPettitte #PaulO'Neil #JoeTorre #AlexRodriguez #JeffereyMaire #RichieGarcia
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