Yankee Great Derek Jeter Details How Prioritising Privacy Inspired Decision to Finally Join Social Media in 2022: ?I Ran Out of Excuses’

The New York Yankees legend and Hall of Famer Derek Jeter once again made headlines by finally joining social media this spring. People around him have asked him multiple times to do so, but he had his reasons.

Jeter got inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2021 and had his jersey retired in 2017. Keeping aside these two achievements, the number 2 athlete has many awards named after him.

The proud father of three little girls finally thought he could use the platform for many reasons, and thus he made the decision to come online.??

Derek Jeter coming on social media was unbelievable

In July 2022, a documentary consisting of 7 episodes was released that focuses on the life and career of the New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter. The director of the mini-series is Randy Wilkins is also a fan of the athlete.?

During an interview with ESPN to discuss the documentary, he spoke about finally entering social media and many other things. Marking in the calendar, 31st May 2022, was the day when Hall of Famer Derek Jeter entered into social media.?

The interviewer, Hannah Storm, asked, “What took you so long?” To which Jeter replied, “I tried as much as I possibly could to maintain a certain sense of privacy throughout my career, which was needed.”? ? ??

After getting retired in 2014, Jeter with Jaymee Messler launched, ‘The Player’s Tribune’ to give players the platform to tell their stories. Then he went down to Miami as the CEO of Miami Marlins, where he was busy with work.

After that, people constantly asked him to come on social media, that it was about time, and so on. Jeter was always giving people reasons for not joining social media and then eventually, said, “I ran out of excuses.”

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The sleep-deprived father of three ran out of excuses, gave up, and finally joined social media this spring and got welcomed by his peers.?

One of the reasons for making ‘The Captain’ was Jeter’s daughters

In the same interview, Jeter later talked about his daughters. They are young, they haven’t seen how he played, and don’t know much about his career. So, they’ll have some frame of reference later.?

He wants his daughters to know that dreaming big is something you can achieve. Only if you work hard enough for it. Jeter, from his childhood, wanted to play for the New York Yankees. He was told by multiple people to divert his mind to something else. This was because he won’t be able to play for the Yankees. But he worked hard to achieve that dream, and he did it.?

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He played for the New York Yankees for two whole decades and got multiple awards. He got inducted into the Hall of Fame and got his jersey retired as well.