The Hall of Famer handed the union a win when he stepped down as Marlins CEO on the same day as MLB’s imposed deadline./Wikipedia
By Tom Verducci | Sports Illustrated
The most valuable asset in MLB walked away from the management side of the business on the same day the commissioner established as a deadline in labor negotiations. Whether the two items are connected by choice or by coincidence is unclear, but the effect is not: Derek Jeter became a player again Monday by suddenly quitting his role as CEO and part owner of the Miami Marlins.
This is a bigger story than the labor negotiations. Someday there will be an agreement and someday there will be baseball. But Jeter, a Hall of Famer and one the most popular players of the past quarter century, and thereby one of the most influential, does not want to be part of it.
Derek Jeter, CEO of the Miami Marlins, speaks with the news media before a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, in Miami. Derek Jeter announced a surprise departure from the Miami Marlins READ ON: