{"id":1499438,"date":"2022-06-01T09:44:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499438"},"modified":"2022-06-01T09:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:44:49","slug":"baseball-hall-of-famer-makes-long-delayed-twitter-debut-with-hilarious-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-hall-of-famer-makes-long-delayed-twitter-debut-with-hilarious-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Hall Of Famer Makes Long-Delayed Twitter Debut With Hilarious Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaseball-hall-of-famer-makes-long-delayed-twitter-debut-with-hilarious-tweet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>He\u2019s Jeter the Tweeter.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, known for doing things with style, made his long-awaited Twitter debut Tuesday with a blue check and a hilarious quip.\u00a0The former New York Yankees shortstop, who was inducted into the Cooperstown museum in 2020, made his first tweet a response to someone named Jeffrey Guity, who tweeted, \u201cDerek Jeter has no excuse not to have a Twitter account by now\u201d all the back on December 9, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like I\u2019ve officially run out of excuses,\u201d Jeter finally replied under a profile describing himself as a \u201csleep-deprived father to three amazing girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like I\u2019ve officially run out of excuses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQwmgjU9jW\">https:\/\/t.co\/DQwmgjU9jW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Jeter (@derekjeter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekjeter\/status\/1531629611662069762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old Yankee luminary quickly amassed over 275,000 followers and was welcomed to the platform by fans and former teammates including Alex Rodriguez and C.C. Sabathia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to Twitter, Captain! #2,\u201d tweeted Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see you bro <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekjeter\">@DerekJeter<\/a>!!\u201d wrote Sabathia.<\/p>\n<p>Jeter, who joined Instagram on the same day, seems likely to have joined at least in part to promote \u201cThe Captain,\u201d the upcoming, multi-part ESPN documentary about him. In his storied career, Jeter led his team to five World Series championships, batted .310 with 3,465 hits, and 1,923 runs scored and was a 14-time all-star. After hanging up his spikes, he was part owner and CEO of the Miami Marlins, where success eluded him. He recently stepped down from the role and sold his stake in the team.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, he was nearly as productive on the platform as he once was at the plate, authoring a flurry of funny tweets. When The Players\u2019 Tribune tweeted a boyhood photo of Jeter at bat, with a question about his 1980s haircut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince you\u2019re here now, can we get answers? @derekjeter,\u201d the Tribune account tweeted. \u201cMullet or tree?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeter answered that his youthful barbershop inspiration was\u00a0R&#038;B singer Ralph Tresvant.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s my hair but it\u2019s a shag\u2026 a Ralph Tresvant shag. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M55MMeyBVk\">https:\/\/t.co\/M55MMeyBVk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Jeter (@derekjeter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekjeter\/status\/1531634820606046208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeter even engaged in some good-natured trolling, asking Hollywood star and noted fan of the Yankees\u2019 arch-rival Boston Red Sox Mark Wahlberg for a favor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwahlberg\">@markwahlberg<\/a>, let me know if you need an extra in the next movie,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwahlberg\/status\/1531765670618316801?s=20&#038;t=0ntFQWa0PmT7okZDGWFirA\">Jeter tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg replied with skepticism about Jeter\u2019s ability to pull off a convincing Boston accent.<\/p>\n<p>Jeter closed out the day with a clip of him in his playing days, congratulating a teammate in the dugout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMade it through my first day on Twitter,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s Jeter the Tweeter. 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