Back-to-back home runs off Masahiro Tanaka and at that time, Jeter, who will always be a Yankees captain was addressing the media in a press conference room that is situated a few steps away from the home clubhouse.
Jeter picked Mother's Day for the ceremony, and his grandmother, parents, sister, nephew and pregnant wife joined him at Yankee Stadium on Sunday.
"Thank the Good Lord for making Jeter a Yankee", said one.
George Springer led off the game with a drive into Monument Park just after Jeter's number was retired there in a pregame ceremony.
"You get chills watching some of those moments: the flip, the home runs, the jump throws in the hole", said Bregman, whose only disappointment was he did not get to meet Jeter. It was Bregman's first home run of the season, and it came with his longtime idol in attendance.
Derek Jeter's number retirement ceremony was the most viewed non-game event in the history of the YES Network, according to Michael McCarthy of The Sporting News.
Jeter becomes the 22nd Yankee to have his number retired, and his No. 2 will now be immortalized in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park alongside Babe Ruth's number 3 and Lou Gehrig's number 4. "Having your number retired is never part of it, so this is all icing on the cake for me".
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"No throwing for two weeks, so you're probably looking at a minimum of a month if everything goes right", Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "It's an honor to be on the same field as him".
"I played here for 20 years and I learned that time flies and that memories fade, but family is forever", Jeter told the sold-out crowd of 48,000 that frequently broke into a familiar "Der-ek Je-ter" chant that rocked Yankee Stadium.
"We all have the same mindsets", Jeter said.
Jeter grew up in Kalmazoo, Michigan, wanting to be a Yankee.
All five of them now have their numbers retired by the Yankees.
Jeter sidestepped a pair of questions about his role in a group headed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush that is trying to buy the Miami Marlins.
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