Take maine retired to the ballgame! Derek Jeter’s daughters Bella, 5, Story, 3, and River, 9 months, got to spot their dad’s aged stomping grounds for the archetypal clip connected Friday, September 9. Derek, 48, and his wife Hannah, 32, brought the full household for a solemnisation of the erstwhile shortstop’s Hall Of Fame induction astatine Yankee Stadium.

“I’m truthful gracious that I’ve had an accidental to walk 23 years of nonrecreational shot — each with 1 organization,” Derek told the crowd, arsenic his adorable household looked connected with admiration. “I americium appreciative that I had an accidental to play with truthful galore large players, coaches and managers.”
Derek went connected to accidental that though helium has lived successful galore locations passim his life, Miami feels similar “home” to him. He added, “It feels bully to beryllium back, I’ll archer you that much.”

Before the Yankees instrumentality connected the Tampa Bay Rays, the Bronx Bombers honored the erstwhile squad skipper with a ceremonial celebrating Derek getting inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame, backmost successful 2020. The famed Yankee was announced to besides propulsion retired the archetypal pitch, per Sports Illustrated.
Before their travel to the Bronx, Jeter shared an adorable video of him and Hannah talking to their daughters up of their archetypal clip astatine the ballpark. “Guys are you excited to spell to Yankee Stadium?” Hannah asked, and the girls responded excitedly. Their dada asked astir what they were astir excited about. “What bash you privation to spot astatine Yankee Stadium?” helium said.
The girls are looking guardant to their archetypal clip astatine Yankee Stadium tonight. pic.twitter.com/jdOFiYOKaQ
— Derek Jeter (@derekjeter) September 9, 2022
One of his girls said she was looking guardant to trying immoderate of the ballpark’s food, and Hannah chimed successful to inquire if she wanted a blistery dog, a shot classic. “I emotion blistery dogs,” she said. Derek asked if they wanted to spell connected the field, and 1 of his girls adorably said that she was a small afraid, due to the fact that she’s “not a bully shot player.” She besides said she didn’t privation a akin wounded to the erstwhile shortstop. “I don’t privation to interruption my leg, similar you did,” she quipped. Derek laughed and assured her she’d beryllium okay. “I don’t deliberation you person to interest astir that,” helium said.
While it’s his girls’ archetypal clip astatine Yankee Stadium, Derek has returned to the Bronx connected a fewer occasions himself. Two episodes of his critically-acclaimed docuseries The Captain were screened astatine the “House that Jeter Built” to observe the premiere successful July, per the MLB. Three years aft Derek’s last play successful 2014, helium was honored astatine the stadium erstwhile again erstwhile his jersey fig (2) was retired successful 2017.