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The shortstop, No. 2, Derek Jeter — those words from legendary Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard are so familiar — entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, falling one vote short of a unanimous selection by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Jeter received 396 of 397 votes.
Yankees teammate Mariano Rivera received 100 percent of the vote one year ago, the first player to hit that mark of perfection. Even though Jeter knew this day was coming he said he never assumed anything, noting, “I don’t like to jinx anything.