Last week, I said I was going to start casting a wider net for MLBoyfriends. This week, I'm naming my first Retro-MLBoyfriend. Absolutely no one will be surprised to discover that Derek Jeter wins the title.
Jeter's last season was 2014--two years before MLBoyfriend was started. It is a fluke of timing that he was never even eligible for the award.
I won't try to summarize Jeter's career here. Fortunately, the Yankees made an excellent highlight reel to celebrate his retirement.
I will point out a few of Jeter's more impressive statistics. Over the course of his career he had a .310 batting average and .817 OPS. Those are both really impressive given they cover 15 years and speak to his remarkable consistency at the plate. He famously has 3465 career hits--only five players in MLB history have more.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that Derek achieved all this while also being model-handsome.
FWIW, Jeter looks even better at 51 than he did at 21 during his rookie year.
The decision to name Derek Jeter as my Retro-MLBoyfriend seems so obvious that I don't really have more to say about it. I do, however, have a few more cute pics of him to post.
Congratulations, Derek Jeter! You are the first ever Retro-MLBoyfriend.
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