The New York Yankees officially retire Derek Jeter's No. 2 jersey before Sunday night's game against the Houston Astros (coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN). Obviously, there's plenty of buzz in Yankee Stadium and around the Bronx for the big occasion.
ESPN's reporters take you behind the scenes to capture the excitement leading up to the former Yankee captain's historic night.
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"One of those special days you'll never forget," Derek Jeter says. He did not prepare his speech. "When you have the dream of playing baseball and playing for the Yankees, you never dream of getting your number retired. This was the icing on the cake." Added it was his choice to hold this on Mother's Day. His dad's question now is, "What do you do on Father's Day?"
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No. 2 ... immortalized at Yankee Stadium.
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This is what it says on Derek Jeter's plaque.
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Here is your money quote from Derek Jeter's speech: "There isn't a person who I would trade places with who are playing now or ever. The reason I say that is because I got to play for a first class organization and in front of the greatest fans in the history of sports."
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Yankees Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre says Derek Jeter is the greatest player he ever managed.
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Even the bases tonight are dedicated to Derek Jeter. On another side of the base it reads: "The Captain."
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The cover of tonight's Astros-Yankees game program.
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Worth noting the song choice during the Derek Jeter ceremony: Frank Sinatra's "My Way," Tina Turner's "Simply the Best" and Nelly's "Heart of a Champion."
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There are many interested parties inside the Houston Astros' dugout as the Derek Jeter Day ceremony begins.
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Un aficionado el domingo durante retiro de #2 de Derek Jeter en Yankee Stadium: "Quiero agradecer al buen Dios por hacer a Jeter un Yankee".
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Hideki Matsui is among the former Yankees in attendance for Derek Jeter's jersey retirement festivities.
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On Derek Jeter Day, the Yankees win the first game of the doubleheader, 11-6, over the Astros. The Jeter celebration will begin after 6:35 p.m
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It's noticeably louder inside Yankee Stadium ?than it was at the start. Can tell more fans are beginning to show up for the second game. All tickets to today's games were for the original single game, meaning, if you had tickets to the Sunday night game, you also could attend the afternoon game.
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Another of Derek Jeter's former teammates, Mark Teixiera, is on the ESPN set before ceremonies for tonight's game.
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The surprise Mother's Day doubleheader means a lot of fans are still making their way to Yankee Stadium for Derek Jeter Day. The streets are packed and loud with music, there's a stickball game on 161st. St. and a long line outside the Jeter pop-up store on River Ave. Generations of fans are prepared for a bit of history in the Bronx.
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Happy Derek (Mother's) Jeter Day.
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Inside the special Jordan brand pop up store paying Re2pect to Jeter right across the street from Yankee Stadium.
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"Special" business hours at the Jordan brand's pop-up Derek Jeter bodega in The Bronx.
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Free newspapers given out by Yankee Stadium today
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From inside the Derek Jeter-inspired bodega outside Yankee Stadium, a look at today's New York Daily News back cover and special paper wrap dedicated to him.
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Although the Derek Jeter game isn't officially until tonight, Yankees fans at Game 1 included his name in their customary top of first inning roll call introductions.
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Yankee scout Dick Groch's report on Derek Jeter: "A Yankee! A five tool player. Will be a ML star! +5!!"
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Joe Girardi: "Derek (Jeter) is someone you can look at your kids and say, 'Watch what he does.'" What's Girardi's favorite Jeter moment? The game-tying homer Jeter hit in Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS vs. Baltimore (aka the Jeffrey Maier home run). That homer showed how good a young Jeter would be, to Jeter's former teammate and manager. "I didn't realize how clutch he'd be for a long time."
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"Derek (Jeter) would do anything to win. He would sacrifice his body and tell his manager fibs about how badly he actually felt so he could play," said Jeter's former teammate and manager Joe Girardi.