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Now that Yankees legend Derek Jeter no longer works for the Marlins, he’s decided to join Twitter and Instagram. He joined at 9:32 AM ET and already has over 100,000 followers on both platforms. Six hours to build a monstrous social media presence.
DEREK JETER JOINS INSTAGRAM, TWITTER
Turns out being 6-foot-3, handsome, rich, and piling up well over 3,000 hits as shortstop and captain of the New York Yankees had its perks.
Jeter is widely celebrated across the baseball landscape because he’s a no nonsense type of guy. He was never too polarizing off the field and all he cared about was winning. Obviously wasn’t at Jordan’s level performance-wise, but he did embody some of the same mental characteristics.
We all loved that about Derek Jeter, and now he’s a social media star. He’s already got some funny content up for us to enjoy.
It really figures Jeter is a natural for Twitter and Instagram after his cameo with Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in The Other Guys. A fun personality that knows how to navigate an oftentimes whiny media. Mastering social media is understanding when and how to take risks — Jeter can do that.
He’s probably here for his upcoming ESPN documentary “The Captain”, which releases in July. Well played, captain.