Derek Jeter Opens the Door. — NYMag
Instead, he is, of course, New York’s reigning sports star on its most glamorous team. And yet, despite being on our television sets seven months a year for the past 20 years, despite the regular appearances at charity events and a social life that seems to have included dating three-quarters of the Maxim Hot 100, he’s always felt just out of reach, available for all to adore but somehow still protected by an impenetrable, cannily constructed bubble of privacy. Opening the door to his home is a hint of a looming shift in Jeter’s life, and in Jeter, Inc.
Tomorrow is Derek Jeter Day at Yankee Stadium. It’s his latest stop on a cross-country farewell tour celebrating not just Jeter’s Hall of Fame-caliber playing career but his humility and rectitude off the field. Jeter announced in February, via Facebook, that he would be retiring after this season. Since then, he’s done a remarkable job of tuning out the impending end of his athletic life, at least publicly. At home, though, down to his final days in pinstripes, Jeter is by turns wistful, proud, funny, even a bit cranky. Mostly he seems relieved. “No more off-seasons,” he says. “It’s just over.”
Fans of Jeter will like this. I’ve never been a fan but he is no doubt a sports icon. While not in any way hard hitting it is a nice profile with some some interesting pictures. Jeter has always been one to keep tight control of his image and nothing changes here. No doors are really opened.
My eldest daughter, now in her mid-twenties, has been in love with him forever so I have been constantly made aware of his career regardless of my indifference. For her sake, I’m sad to see him go.