KANSAS CITY -- The Royals paid tribute to Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter on Monday, in his final scheduled trip to Kauffman Stadium.
Royals president Dan Glass and senior vice president of baseball operations and general manager Dayton Moore greeted Jeter between the mound and home plate 10 minutes before first pitch, and presented him with a $10,000 check as a donation to his Turn 2 foundation.
The Royals also showed a commemorative video on its CrownVision HD scoreboard, featuring some of Jeter's career highlights and complimentary speeches from a number of Royals players.
Kansas City manager Ned Yost raved about the 20-year veteran, who plans on retiring after this season.
"For me, he's the consummate professional, he's the ultimate professional. He's a guy that plays the game to an extremely high degree. It seems to me that it's never changed who he was, he's never forgotten who he was, he's never forgotten where he came from, he's never forgotten this game is played to have fun," Yost said.
Jeter started at shortstop Monday, his 67th game at Kauffman Stadium, where he entered play having posted a .315/.369/.434 slash line in 318 plate appearances.
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