http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/s...es-yankees-fans-reason-to-celebrate.html?_r=0 TAMPA, Fla. — Derek Jeter walked to home plate in the first inning Thursday and, before looking out to the mound, said hello to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ new catcher, Chris Stewart, his teammate on the Yankees the last two seasons. He asked about Stewart’s family, and then Stewart asked Jeter, playing in his first spring training game of the year, the question that many people had been asking him for weeks, months and, really, more than a year. How did he feel? “Everything is really good,” Jeter told Stewart, who said he was glad to hear it. Jeter had been giving that answer to reporters, teammates, trainers, staff members and fans every time he had been asked about his twice-broken ankle since the beginning of spring training. But until he demonstrated his health in a game situation, there would be lingering doubt. Shortly after talking to Stewart, Jeter burst out of the batter’s box and ran hard down the first-base line on a ground ball to second. It was a double-play ball, but that was irrelevant. Jeter had run hard for 90 feet without hindrance. More at the link
