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Derek Jeter reveals his only regret from his two decades with Yankees

Published May. 9, 2017 11:30 a.m. ET

Chris Bahr

It’s tough to imagine how Derek Jeter’s 20-season major-league career with the New York Yankees could have gone any better, but there’s one thing the future Hall of Famer would change.

Derek Jeter

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Jeter, whose No. 2 will be retired and enshrined in Monument Park before Sunday’s game at Yankee Stadium, has just one regret. From the New York Post:

“I really haven’t [reflected on my career]. I really haven’t sat back and reflected. Someone asked me recently, do I have any regrets in my career? My last season, I kept a journal; every day I’d write something in there,’’ Jeter told YES Network in a sit-down interview with Jack Curry that aired after Monday’s game against the Reds.

“The one regret I do have is that I wish I would’ve done that my entire career, because there are so many things that you forget. Still to this day I haven’t looked at it. It’s locked up and I haven’t looked. I’m going to be a father soon, so I’m sure one day when I sit down with my kid — or kids, if there’s multiple — I’ll get a chance to reflect and maybe brag like my dad used to do when I was younger.”