here are some headlines from around the Web. No, there will not be links:
"Final View of Derek Jeter at Short: A Sight to Behold" N.Y. Times
"Yankees Captain Derek Jeter Does it the Old Fashioned Way" In-Depth
"Derek Jeter's Storybook Sendoff Causes Stir in Social Media" Wall Street Journal
"Favorite Derek Jeter Memories from my Years on the Beat" CBS
and it goes on and on and on.
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One of the best parts about 2015 is we will be living in the Jeter free era, one where Jeter doesn't dominate the storylines and the baseball consciousness. Its one thing to have a Derek Jeter night in New York where the Yankees fans pay their respects to a a favorite ball player.
Its quite another to have a Derek Jeter farewell season, where we have Derek Jeter night in Safeco, and Houston, and most of the other cities, plus 81 Derek Jeter nights in Yankee Stadium.
This Jeter thing went stale in April.
There are many players, who are better and more inspiring than Jeter that aren't being treated like this. How about Ichiro? This could be his last year too. Does he opt for a season of Ichi-Love?
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Jeter's life might be hard to relate to, but many people would show significant flaws in their psyche if they were blessed with inordinate wealth and influence. That is, a person's flaws would show if he were influental enough for people to look at him. Jeter's sexual proclivities are not uncommon, but most men like him lack the influence to make it happen.
Money can be dangerous. I've seen some previously poor people come into large amounts of money, and it doesn't always turn out well for them. Money means that you don't have to work and can indulge your hobbies full time. If your hobbies are scuba diving or photography, or helping out at the soup kitchen, a grip of money probably won't hurt you. If your hobbie is smoking meth so you can stay up later and drink more alcohol, or taking pills and wine in your hot tub, then too much money might kill you.
Many of us wouldn't expose well if we were put under bright lights. But, it makes the truly classy players, the Roberto Clementes and Jon Lesters of the world, that much more special.