Jeter thanks fans in special commercial, then homers

Derek Jeter’s final homestand will be met with many emotional goodbyes from fans over the next week. But before he even made it to the ballpark Thursday, a Gatorade commercial anticipating and celebrating the Yankees captain’s farewell already had made its way onto the Internet. Jeter then thanked the fans with his bat in a way he hadn’t the entire season, belting his first homer at Yankee Stadium in the sixth inning.