Derek Jeter says you’ll never see him play in an Old-Timers Day game

Derek Jeter addresses if he's why Yankee's retired old-time's Day game if he'd ever played Eric Jeter insists you'll never see him playing an Oldtimer Day game but he also pushed back at a suggestion that he's the reason the Yankees discontinued the long-standing tradition they're not going to see me hit again no I would be afraid I would hurt myself Jeter said when asked about his influence on their no longer being a game at the annual event including both yours he's participated but that's not saying the reason there's no game is because I'm not playing I don't make those decisions contrary to your belief I don't make those decisions when it comes to whether there's a game or not so why are you asking me you can direct that question to hellstein brener after leaving his front office and ownership position with the Marlins Jeter made his first Oldtimer day appearance at the stadium last year the Yankees first stopped playing the game in the 2020 pandemic year and they've continued with a Q&A session in its place the past few years a slim down CC saata on his no 50 to pinstrike Jersey as the 2009 World Series team was honored on Saturday but the Yankees former Ace noted his disappointment that there no longer is a game played the 44-year-old retired hurler said he absolutely would have played in it my cutter is ready well it's ready for these guys sabata joked I play catch I have a 14-year-old and he pitches so I play catch with him and throw him DP as good as I I can I told them I wanted to play the game we'll see for the future but I think it would be fun to get these guys back out there moving around even if it's a softball game jge Posada agreed with Jeter his core for teammate over sabata who joined them for the fifth championship in 2009 no no no no poada said emphatically when asked if he'd wish they still played the game I'm 54 I get out of bed and I wonder what I did wrong just laying down CCE is a lot younger and he's in better shape than when he was playing I'm pretty sure he can still do it but it's hard man we laugh about it but it's hard I haven't picked up a bat I played softball the other day and it was ugly so I don't see it happening so I think it's the right decision and we can enjoy ourselves instead of having the pressure of trying to hit the ball Again David con who yielded an otd home run to Hideki Matsui in the 2016 game also was a yes vote on resurrecting the game in the future Mariano Rivera also legged out and inside the park Homer in 2019 I would welcome it Con said I'm the last guy to give up a home run to Matsui a couple of years preo it was fun Tino Martinez took me deep too we always had fun with it the last couple of years they did it

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