The Derek Jeter retirement tour stopped in Tampa Bay yesterday, and the Rays paid their RE2PECTs to the Yankee legend with a kayak.

Yes, a kayak doesn’t seem like all that great of a gift. Someone must have told the Rays they got Derek Jeter a subpar gift because in the 8th inning, they also hit him with a pitch.

The umpire issued a warning to both benches that a kayak was a totally acceptable gift and adding a beanball was unnecessary, but it was too late. Yankees manager Joe Girardi felt disRE2SPECTed, and stormed the field.

Girardi makes a fair point. How is Derek Jeter going to check his new kayak onto the team plane? The Rays learned a valuable lesson, and next time they will probably just stick to the registry.

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