I encountered an interesting factoid as I was flipping through channels, trying to find something that would resemble live sports action that I had not seen before (funny, I cannot look at old Yankees games; it's a bit of déjà vu for old Déjà Bru and I am of an age where the passage of time is bothering me).
YES is rebroadcasting "Derek Jeter's Final Home Game" and in the few seconds that I was tuned in, I learned that only one man on the field or off was in baseball uniform for both Jeter's first home game, and his last: Buck Showalter. Showalter was 39 years old and managing the Yankees when Jeter came up from the minors and he was 62 years old and managing the Orioles (the away team at that game) when Jeter retired:
A funny/sad side note. YES will do alright with their rebroadcasts and filler material, given it's about the Yankees. Half of MSG's air time seems to be taken up by recent Knicks games. Who in the heck is going to tune in to see those (mostly) debacles replayed?
As it is, SNY has a better chance of attracting my attention with their replay of Mets games from 2019. At least those are new to me!
