Found February 12, 2012 on New York Yankees - New York Post:
PLAYERS: Derek Jeter
TEAMS: New York Yankees

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TAMPA — The youngest Yankees are spread over the four fields at the team’s minor league complex for pre-spring training workouts. Derek Jeter, the Yankees’ oldest position player, is here, too, just like every other early February for the past 20 years. It’s the Old Man and the Sea...
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