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<p>MOOSIC &#8212; If Derek Jeter wasn&#8217;t immortalized in Yankees lure before this past weekend, it became official on Sunday night at Yankee Stadium when he officially went into Monument Park and his iconic No. 2 was retired.</p><p>Known by many as the greatest Yankee to ever play, it can also be argued that he&#8217;s the greatest to ever don a RailRiders uniform. If not, he&#8217;s certainly the only sure-to-be Hall of Famer to ever put on a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre jersey.</p><p>Sure, the shortstop only had a few brief stops in Moosic, but the majority of his playing time there occurred during a dismal 2013 season.</p><p>That season, he nearly played as many games with the RailRiders as he did in New York playing just 17 games with the Yankees and seven with SWB.</p><p>During his seven-game stint as a RailRider, he combined to go 4 for 18 with a double, five walks and one RBI. Just as Yankee Stadium was the place to be when Jeter&#8217;s teams played, PNC Field was hopping in July and August of 2013 as the team drew 66,860 fans for the seven-game stretch.</p><p>The RailRiders also made Jeter feel at home playing a recording of Bob Sheppard announcing his name for every plate appearance, just like at Yankee Stadium.</p><p>Nearly 20 years before Jeter made the biggest rehab appearance in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre history, he made a splash participating for the American League as a member of the Columbus Clippers in the 1995 Triple-A All-Star Game.</p><p>Jeter, who was 21 at the time, went 2 for 3 in the contest with a double and a run scored.</p><p><strong>The roster rotation</strong></p><p>Left-hander Daniel Camarena (shoulder) and first baseman Ji-Man Choi (hamstring) were both placed on the seven-day disabled list earlier in the week.</p><p>In addition to those moves, infielder/outfielder Rob Refsnyder was summoned to New York on Sunday. He was the 26th man for New York&#8217;s doubleheader and was then optioned back to the RailRiders.</p><p>In corresponding moves, infielder Mike Ford and righty Colton Brewer were promoted to the RailRiders from Double-A Trenton. Brewer picked up a save in his Triple-A debut on Sunday.</p><p><strong>Looking ahead</strong></p><p>The RailRiders started a seven-game homestand on Monday night. They play four with Pawtucket before hosting Rochester for three. The projected starters for tonight&#8217;s game are RHP Bryan Mitchell (0-1, 5.06) taking the hill for SWB versus Red Sox lefty Henry Owens (3-1, 2.27).</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter had a seven-game rehab stint with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in 2013. Jeter had his number retired at Yankee Stadium Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_Jeter-SWB-CMYK.jpg</photo0><caption0>Former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter had a seven-game rehab stint with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in 2013. Jeter had his number retired at Yankee Stadium Sunday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Rich Schultz | AP file photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dave Rosengrant</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

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