(CelebNMusic247-News) Derek Jeter Injured!
Derek Jeter played his first game at Yankee Stadium since fracturing his ankle some eight months ago.
And then the New York Yankee departed the game early with another injury…
Here’s the drop:
Jeter singled and drove in a run in four at-bats Thursday against the Kansas City Royals, finally returning from two ankle surgeries in the wake of a gruesome ankle injury suffered in the American League Championship Series.
But after his right quadriceps muscle tightened up, he conferred with trainers and manager Joe Girardi before his fifth at-bat, and was removed for pinch hitter Brett Gardner.
Jeter will undergo an MRI on the quadricep.
“It’s not frustrating. Yet,” Jeter said after the Yankees’ 8-4 victory. “I’m going to get an MRI. I hope it’s not a big deal.”
Jeter began playing in rehab games more than a week ago. At 39, it’s somewhat understandable he’d have a few creaks in trying to return.
It was an uncharacteristically cautious Jeter who met with the media after the game, striking a wait-and-see pose rather than his usual, defiant tone toward injury questions.
“If it’s all good,” he said of the MRI, “then I’m playing.”
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