Derek Jeter's farewell tour begins on Yankees Opening Day

[hrmjustin]

AP KRISTIE RIEKEN
HOUSTON -- Derek Jeter is unsure how he will feel Tuesday when he begins his farewell season with the New York Yankees against the Houston Astros.

"I'm trying to treat it like any other opening day," he said, "and every opening day is special where you have butterflies and you have nerves and I think that's a good thing. I don't foresee this being any different."

To the rest of the sports world it certainly will be. Jeter announced in February that his 20th big league season will be his last. It will mark the end of an illustrious career in which the shortstop was a 13-time All-Star and helped the Yankees to five World Series titles.

He'll join fellow Core Four members Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera in retirement.

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[BeyondGeography]

1. Opening day against the Astros...what the hell?

Must be some sort of tradition in the great Yankee/Astro rivalry that I don't know about. I do remember we were too bored to get a hit against their entire pitching staff once.

Americans can invent just about anything...and then mess it up.

[hrmjustin]

2. Usually the Yankees play in their staduim the first day but not this year.

[BeyondGeography]

3. It's every other year I believe

But opening with an interleague game is lame. Interleague has become totally lame anyway. When it was one month and focused on regional rivalries, to the extent they existed, it was borderline acceptable. Now it's all over the map.

[hrmjustin]

4. I completely agree.