The Yankees placed Derek Jeter on the disabled list with a Grade 1 right quad strain on Friday morning. Jeter played only one game with the big-league Yanks after returning from his last DL stint, which he spent recovering from the ankle injury he first suffered in the 2012 playoffs.
It’s terrible news for the Yanks and certainly frustrating news for their captain, who has seen his club struggle offensively in 2013 with a group of shortstops that have managed a .210 batting average with a .268 on-base percentage and no power to speak of.
But few seem to be taking it worse than baseball fans who like Jeter and don’t want to see him endure a long and drawn out career decline. Even though Jeter enjoyed a fine offensive season just last year — and even though the Yankees hold an option on his contract for 2014 and don’t currently have any other capable-hitting shortstops to speak of — plenty of Jeter’s fans took to Twitter to respectfully, lovingly, and often depressingly insist he retire.
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