Jeter and Yanks meet; Hank told to wait in the car

The Yanks senior leadership team met with Derek Jeter and agent Casey Close the other day. Despite my hopes, Randy Levine was there, but it also seems that Hank Steinbrenner was told to wait in the car.

“Everyone was professional and the tenor of the meeting was great,” said the source, who confirmed that owner Hal Steinbrenner, general manager Brian Cashman and team president Randy Levine attended the meeting along with Jeter, Close and an unidentified lawyer for CAA, Close’s agency. Hank Steinbrenner was not involved in the meeting but was briefed on it by his brother afterward. [...]

“The way it left off was, both sides are going to go back and think about what was discussed, and when someone has a brainstorm, they’ll get together again,” the source said, adding, “Hey, anyone can pick up a telephone at any time.”

Still no smoke from the chimney but this is a good sign that we’re going to get some productive discussions happening.

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Related from the NY Times: Maybe Jeter Should Leave and Expand His Horizons. I’d rather not see it get to this, personally:

Jeter does not want to make a fool of himself by joining the wrong team in the wrong uniform at the wrong time, but where is it written that an athlete must finish his career where he started? Is Jeter so limited that he must attach himself to the Yankees for life, like a living mascot?

Of course not, but it’s no secret that being a Yankee For Life? adds a caché to Jeter’s legacy. It’s not written anywhere that athletes must finish where they started but given the rarity of the event, particularly with a Hall Of Famer, it just means more. Ask Padres fans about Gwynn, Brewers fans about Yount, Royals fans about Brett (not Ken), etc.

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