Bid on tix to Jeter’s HOF induction
Former Yankee shortstop to be honored in Cooperstown in 2021
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Tuesday is the last chance
for a baseball fan’s dream
of a lifetime — watching
former Yankees shortstop
and fi ve-time World Series
champion Derek Jeter be inducted
into Cooperstown in
person next year.
Tickets to the ceremony
are being auctioned off
by Jeter’s charity, Turn
2 Foundation, as part of
its Give With Purpose
virtual fundraiser.
As of press time, the going
rate for the VIP tickets
is set at $15,000 and there
are 21 current bids plus nine
virtual watchers for the auction’s
prestigious, item number
39 — though, the website
lists its value as “priceless.”
Also included in the package
is a stay of three nights
in Cooperstown for the 2021
Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony,
premiere seating for
the event, plus access to private
events that Saturday
and Sunday for the date-tobe
determined weekend.
For those who are not
high rollers, there are plenty
of other cost effi cient sports
memorabilia items being
auctioned off as well, with
longer timeframes to bid.
Shoes worn and signed
by the late basketball prodigy
Kobe Bryant are going
for $1,800 among some nonsport
pieces and packages
like a deluxe, two night stay
in California’s Beverly Hills
Hotel for $1,514.
Other Bronx Bomber
merchandise on auction include
signed cleats and a
jersey from retired pitcher
CC Sabathia and signed
Jeter cards and a pinstripe
jersey too.
For bidders who are going
for the home run, a
virtual call with Jeter is
up for $20,000 and currently
has a sole bidder and
three watchers.
That half hour phone
call, which includes the invitation
of 15 guests, must
Jan 22, 2020; New York, New York, USA; Former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter answers questions
during the Hall of Fame induction press conference at St. Regis Hotel.
Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports
be redeemed by the end
of 2021.
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The proceeds from this
invaluable opportunity will
be going towards “programs
that help youth to rise above
negative infl uences, lead
healthy lives and achieve
their greatest potential,” according
to the foundation,
which started during his
rookie season back in 1996.
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