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Stoneman Douglas gets special invitation from Marlins’ Derek Jeter. Here’s what it was | Miami Herald

Stoneman Douglas High baseball coach Todd Fitz-Gerald doesn’t usually put calls on speaker in his clubhouse for all his players to hear.

But you do when the voice on the other end belongs to Derek Jeter.

"It’s actually pretty cool, we were at practice and he called us and told us he wanted us to come and play at Marlins Park," Fitz-Gerald said. "The kids lost it. They’re really excited. They can’t wait."

As part of a series of tributes the Marlins are planning in honor the victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Jeter invited the Eagles’ baseball team to play a game on April 4th at 6:30 p.