Jeter and Girardi Deliver Brief Speeches on the Victory Parade

"It has been too long, hasn't it?" That were the first words Derek Jeter addressed to the crowd at the end of the victory parade of the Yankees. This kind of celebration always finishes with the stars' speeches. And today we could listen to the team's manager, Joe Girardi, and the captain, Derek Jeter, among others. Sportsmen are used to talk in front TV cameras, specially in the US.

However, delivering a speech in front of thousands of people is much more impressive. Girardi and Jeter speeches were, above and beyond all other consideration, brief. But, after all, bearing in mind the scenario, they did pretty well (minute 2 of the video).



The most famous speech of the Yankees history, and one of the most moving allocution ever,did not take place during a celebration. In fact, it was a farewell speech. Lou Gehrig, considered the best player of the XX century, was diagnosed with a rare form of a degenerative disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, which nowadays is called Lou Gehrig’s disease. He said goodbye to baseball at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939. The beginning of his speech was, and is still today, shivering: "Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans". I highly recommend reading the full speech.




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