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TECHNOLOGY Wednesday 13 december 2017

Derek Jeter

Continued from Page 18 Huizenga drew boos at the reported the Marlins fired
ballpark despite the Marlins a scout while he was in the
Jeter thrived in New York, winning a World Series title hospital recovering from
somehow retaining an im- in 1997. Jeffrey Loria, who cancer surgery.
peccable image amid the sold the team to Jeter’s Jeter has said little in re-
scrutiny of the world’s me- group, became wildly un- sponse to the criticism.
dia capital. The theme at popular even after his Mar- “It has been a learning
his retirement celebration lins made a storybook run experience,” Jeter said.
was respect — the logo to another championship “There have been a lot
was “re2pect,” with Jeter’s in 2003. of stories out there that
jersey number replacing And now it’s Jeter drawing haven’t entirely been true.
the S. jeers when he attended a One thing that has been
Now that he’s a novice recent Miami Heat game. consistent with me through-
baseball executive in Mi- He also sat in a skybox at out my career is I do not op-
ami, the glare’s not as Monday night’s Dolphins- erate through the media.”
bright but the glow is gone, Patriots game, raising the But now the media and
and re2pect must be question: Why wasn’t he fans have turned on Jeter.
earned anew. at this week’s winter meet- “This is open game,” Phillips
“It’s definitely different,” ings? “I was never planning said. “My guess is it’s really
former New York Mets gen- on attending the winter hard on him right now. You In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, Miami Marlins part owner Derek
eral manager Steve Phillips meetings,” Jeter said. “Mi- have to have thick skin and Jeter speaks during a press conference in Miami.
said. “As a player, every- chael Hill is our president of be able to take it. But the Associated Press
one had respect for Derek baseball operations, and things he’s hearing, they gered Marlins fans like the game winner in franchise
Jeter and kind of treated that is his job.” can go right through your departure of Stanton, the history. “All the moves that
him with kid gloves. The But his absence reinforces thick skin and into your NL MVP and major league have been made by the
new role has created a dif- the notion he’s trying to dis- soul.” home run king. front office to send their
ferent role for him. We nev- tance himself from the de- While Jeter’s gold star be- Jeter took hits for a trade best players in the team’s
er saw Derek Jeter beat up cisions he’s making. comes tarnished, his foil for that appeared to favor his history are crazy.”
like this in New York.” Even before Jeter’s group all those years in New York former team, but it should Last in the NL in attendance
Part of the issue is that Jeter formally took over, the — Miamian Alex Rodriguez be noted Stanton first re- for 12 of the past 13 years,
has taken on a task that Marlins fired Jack McKeon, — surges in popularity. A- jected being traded to the the Marlins lost money this
may be impossible — trying Jeff Conine, Andre Daw- Rod’s on the red carpet Giants or Cardinals. year with the highest pay-
to make baseball succeed son and Tony Perez, all with J-Lo, on TV bantering Nonetheless, the deal roll in team history. Jeter
in South Florida. The Mar- longtime executives and with Big Papi, giving advice marked the start of the argues the franchise must
lins’ miserable record and team ambassadors. There to the Yankees on poten- franchise’s latest payroll live within its means and
attendance year after year was public backlash, and tial managerial candidates purge. Huizenga and Loria rebuild a weak farm system
has raised doubts about another when the Marlins and earning praise for his dismantled, too. to create a foundation for
whether the sport belongs fired popular TV play-by- work with prospects. “Man I really feel bad for the kind of long-term suc-
in the Sunshine State . play announcer Rich Waltz. Meanwhile, South Florida Marlins fans,” tweeted cess the Marlins have never
Founding owner Wayne More negative headlines seethes. And nothing an- Dontrelle Willis, the only 20- enjoyed. q

Fury receives backdated 2-year doping ban, free to box again

LONDON (AP) — Former liberately committed any Tyson Fury will need to re- Fury for failing to provide a
world heavyweight cham- anti-doping rule violation.” apply for his boxing license, sample in September 2016
pion Tyson Fury accepted a They said they were willing which was suspended by was withdrawn by UKAD.
backdated two-year dop- to come to a compromise the British Boxing Board of Fury responded to UKAD’s
ing ban on Tuesday, free- agreement with UKAD. Control last year over sepa- announcement by posting
ing him to fight again if he “Hughie and I have main- rate incidents of drug use a video on Twitter along-
regains his boxing license. tained our innocence from and medical issues. side the words “Guess
Fury and his cousin, Hughie, day one,” Tyson Fury said He has not fought since who’s back?”
had elevated levels of nan- in a statement released by beating Wladimir Klitschko He also called out WBA
drolone in urine samples his promoter, “and we’re in November 2015 to win and IBF champion Antho-
provided after fights in Feb- now happy that it has final- the WBA, IBF and WBO ny Joshua, writing: “Where
ruary 2015, UK Anti-Doping ly been settled with UKAD belts. you at boy? I’m coming for In this file photo dated Mon-
said. and that we can move for- UKAD said that result has you.” day, Nov. 30, 2015, newly
The bans were backdated ward knowing that we’ll not not been disqualified be- Hughie Fury lost on points crowned heavyweight world
to Dec. 13, 2015, and ex- be labelled drug cheats. cause he hadn’t commit- to WBO champion Joseph boxing champion Tyson Fury
pired at midnight on Tues- “I can now put the night- ted an anti-doping viola- Parker of New Zealand in poses for photographs in
Bolton,
England,
Monday,
day. Both boxers said they mare of the last two years tion since February 2015. September in his first shot at Nov. 30, 2015.
“never knowingly or de- behind me.” A charge against Tyson a world title.q Associated Press