The Baltimore Orioles will face the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium Monday afternoon at 1:05 PM ET on opening day in the Bronx. Watch Free live streaming online.
This year's opening day at Yankee Stadium will be special.
That's because Yankees captain Derek Jeter will play his final one in what's been a storied 20 seasons in pinstripes Monday against the Orioles.
Jeter has said this will be his final season, and he was already feted with gifts in the club's opening series in Houston. The shortstop, who turns 40 on June 26, didn't get too many from opposing pitchers in his first four games, going 2 for 11 before singling twice in a 6-4 win in Toronto on Sunday.
The second hit was the 3,320th of his career and moved him past Paul Molitor for eighth on the all-time list.
Jeter will be reunited with the three other members of the "Core Four" that helped add five World Series title to the franchise's already abundant collection. Yankees legends Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte are scheduled to throw out first pitches to Jeter and former catcher Jorge Posada.
"There's always something special about Opening Day," manager Joe Girardi told the team's official website. "To know that it's your last one, I think it will mean a lot."
"It almost doesn't feel like the season is underway until you get to your home opener," Jeter told the Yankee website. "Especially missing last year, I'm looking forward to this one."
He'll try to produce some more hits while helping New York (3-3) earn its fourth win in five games.
Despite going into an unfriendly atmosphere Monday, manager Buck Showalter is looking forward to it.
"It's going to be tough environment, Opening Day at Yankee Stadium," he told his team's official website. "(Compared with) Opening Day at Camden Yards, which one do you think is tougher? I think our place. I think the expectation of pitching well at our place.
New York second baseman Brian Roberts will face his former club for the first time. Roberts played 13 seasons with Baltimore but had four injury-plagued ones before signing a one-year deal with the Yankees in January.
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