Derek Jeter waited for his 20-year career to be over before settling down and getting married.
Now the next chapter has arrived: children.
In a post on the Jeter-run Players’ Tribune, Hannah Jeter, the wife of the former great Yankees shortstop, announced the couple’s pregnancy:
On May 14, the Yankees will retire Derek’s number. It’s a significant moment, and one that’s had me thinking a lot about the end of his playing career — those last two years for him as a player, that also happened to be the first two years for us as a couple. Big moments have a funny way of doing that, I think — of getting you to look over your shoulder and reflect.
Big moments also have a funny way of making you look ahead.
Now, pregnant with our first child, Derek and I are looking to the future.
Jeter, apparently already has a name picked out for the baby girl. A guess from NJ Advance Media columnist Steve Politi: Alex (as in A-Rod). He’s kidding. I think.
The couple hopes their daughter can lead a “normal” life–as much as being the child of a famous model and all-time great baseball player can be normal.
We want our kids’ lives to be as “normal” as possible. They’re going to be born into such an extraordinary situation. They’re going to have to be some strong little people. We don’t want them to be defined by their dad’s name — for them, we want him to just be “Dad.” That will be the piece of him they’ll have that the rest of the world doesn’t. It will be special, and it will be theirs.
The only timing regret from the Jeter’s? Derek’s daughter won’t have the chance to experience any of his career in real time, instead relying on stories, video and highlights from the Hall of Fame run of the ex-Yankees captain.
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