NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — When Yankees fans give Didi Gregorius a shout out, it is not necessarily positive.
Gregorius hears it after making an out or committing an error: not his name, but his predecessor’s.
“Everywhere I go, people chanting Derek Jeter and all that stuff,” he said. “There’s nothing I can do with that. I’m just here trying to play my game, trying to make a lot of improvements, trying to get better.”
Succeeding Jeter as New York’s shortstop was never going to be easy, not after Jeter led the Yankees to five World Series titles and 17 postseason appearances during 20 seasons.