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FIRST CAREER HOME RUN· JOINING THE RED SOX· FIRST RED SOX HOME RUN· FIRST WALK-OFF HIT WITH THE RED SOX • FIRST RED SOX WALK-OFF HOME RUN· IOOTH CAREER HR· 2004 ALDS GM #3 CLINCHER WALK-OFF HR VS ANGELS· 2004 ALCS GM #4 12TH INNING WALK-OFF HR VS YANKEES· 2004 ALCS GM #5 14TH INNING WALK-OFF· 2004 ALCS GM #7 HOME RUN· FIRST WORLD SERIES HOME RUN VS CARDINALS· 2004 WORLD SERIES PHOTO GALLERY· WHEATIES BOX· JAY LENO SHOW #I • SI 2004 CHAMPIONSHIP COVER • FOUNDING DAVID ORTIZ CHILDREN'S FUND· DONATION TO KATRINA VICTIMS· HANK AARON AWARD· SI COVER #I• 200TH CAREER HR· 51ST HOME RUN SETS RED SOX RECORD· DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ACADEMY· SPORTSCENTER COMMERCIAL WITH WALLY· VITAMIN WATER TV COMMERCIAL· 2007 WORLD SERIES PARADE· CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW· BECOMES U.S. CITIZEN • JOHNNY PESKY #6 RETIRED • JERSEY T YANKEE STADIUM· 300TH HOME RUN • NESN BARBERSHOP COMMERCIAL· WINS 201D HOME RUN DERBY· HUGS NEW YORKERS· JIMMY FALLON SHOW· ROBERTO CLEMENTE AWARD· 400TH CAREER HR· MARATHON BOMBING SPEECH· 2013 ALCS GRAND SLAM VS TIGERS • 2013 WORLD SERIES DUGOUT SPEECH· 2Dl3 WORLD SERIES MVP· WORLD SERIES STATS • SI COVER #2 WITH BOSTON POLICE· 2Dl3 WORLD SERIES PARADE· JAY LENO SHOW #2 • DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW· WHITE HOUSE VISIT • SELFIE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA· SNL SKIT #I • 2014 RING CEREMONY WITH MAYORS MENINO WALSH • RED SOX SMALL TALK· l,OOOTH EXTRA BASE HIT· DAVID TALKS ABOUT FAMILY· JIMMY UND• JETER CEREMONY· SON D'ANGELO ON NESN CLUBHOUSE· MAVERICK & BIG PAPI· • PEDRO'S #45 RETIRED· 500TH HOME RUN· DAVID ORTIZ CHILDREN'S FUND PEDIATRIC EXAMINING ROOM AT MGH • SNL SKIT #2 • REACTION TO SKIT· DOMINICAN OF THE YEAR· ANNUAL DAVID ORTIZ CELEBRITY GOLF CLASSIC • FORT MYERS SEND-OFF· SNL SKIT #3 • DAUGHTER ALEX SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM· PAPI THROWS OUT FIRST PITCH WITH BILL RUSSELL, BOBBY ORR & TY LAW • HOME RUN FOR MAVERICK· FLOUR SHOWER· SURPRISING YANKEES FANS· PLASTERING PINATAS • PAPI & GRONK TEAM UP· PASSES TED WILLIAMS WITH HOME RUN #522 • SPORTSCENTER COMMERCIAL· IOTH ALL-STAR GAME APPEARANCE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE RED SOX • GRONK'S FIRST PITCH· MARINERS CEREMONY· DODGERS HONOR PAPI· VIN SCULLY FAREWELL• 1,000TH EXTRA-BASE HIT FOR SOX· SI COVER #3 • CUSTOM NEW BALANCE SHOE· LIFE-SIZE LEGO· CANADA'S SEND-OFF· HONORARY PATRIOTS CAPTAIN· LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS· YANKEES CEREMONY· KEVIN SPACEY NARRATES KIPLING'S 'IF' TO HONOR ORTIZ· LAST HOME RUN· SNL SKIT #4• RED SOX HONOR ORTIZ • VAZ & RICE RETIRE #34• PAPl'S SPEECH TO FANS· DOMINICAN PRESIDENT THROWS OUT FIRST PITCH • DUNKIN'S I0,000 DONUT SALUTE· SI COVER #4 • LAST GAME HIGHLIGHTS· PAPl'S FINAL FAREWELL· 2016 AWARDS 00 .

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DEREK JETER's BIOGRAPHY by the Time He Stepped Away from Baseball in 2014 After a Historic 20-Year Career, Derek Jeter Had Es
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