Spent the Fourth of July in Cleveland, Ohio to cover the Yankees at Indians games which were Derek Jeters first games back from the DL list.
Day one got in town and headed over to the ballpark around 3:30 to photographed some batting practice.
July 04, 2011; Clelveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) takes in batting practice before the game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski/MLB)
Jeter didn’t get a hit during the game and it was an Indians win to stay in first place over the Tigers.
July 04, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Indians left fielder Austin Kearns (26) is congratulated by Cleveland Indians left fielder Shelley Duncan (47) for his three run home run during the seventh inning against the New York Yankees at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-US PRESSWIRE (Rick Osentoski-US PRESSWIRE/US PRESSWIRE)
Only highlight for Jeter was a play at second base.
July 04, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) tags Cleveland Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera (13) out at second base on an attempted steal during the first inning at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski)
The next day we got up and did some shopping and sight seeing before I headed back to the park to cover game two.
Game two was all Yankees with Jeter getting 2 hits and Curtis Granderson hitting 2 home runs.
July 05, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) hits a single during the game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski/MLB)
July 05, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson (14) hits a home run during the second inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski)
July 05, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson (14) is congratulated by New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) for scoring during the game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski/MLB)
Day three was more site seeing with a quick trip over to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame then back to the ball park for the last game in the series. It was unlikely number 3000 would come but you never know, look what did end up happening 5 for 5.
July 6, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) before the game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski/MLB)
July 6, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) before the game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski/MLB)
July 6, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) on first base during the game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski/MLB)
July 5, 2011; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) talks to the batboy after striking out during the game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. (Rick Osentoski/MLB)
