NL manager Mike Matheny of the Cardinals didn’t want it to stop.
“The guys on our side have the utmost respect for him and would like to have been standing out there for a little while longer,” he said. “I think Derek was the one that was uncomfortable with it.”
While not as flashy as Mariano Rivera‘s All-Star farewell at Citi Field last year, when all the other players left the great reliever alone on the field for an eighth-inning solo bow, Jeter tried not to make a fuss and to deflect the attention.
Even during his clubhouse speech.
“He just wanted to thank us,” Trout said. “You know, we should be thanking him.”