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The Captain: Derek Jeter’s Career

Jeter was born on June 26, 1974, in Pequannock, New Jersey, and grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was a star baseball player in high school and received a full scholarship to play baseball at the University of Michigan. When the New York Yankees, Jeter’s childhood favorite club, selected him with the sixth overall pick in the 1992 Major League …