![Jeter jumps after hitting the game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth, clinching his 1,627th regular-season victory with the team.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5904e7e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2250+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2Fap304966656211_wide-29807e2c58dcb6b570e5091923b42784c20411d8.jpg)
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![A grounds crew worker changes a base with Derek Jeter's uniform number on it during Thursday's game.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4d92852/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4518x2541+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2F456106706_wide-6ec2fe5dfe2ee084c2d5e67cf3cc7b866baba22e.jpg)
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![Jeter heads for home on a hit by catcher Brian McCann in the first inning against the Orioles.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cd44ddd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3286x1848+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2Fap781921022245_wide-3354d286bddcb2d7d5f1ed4a621b6ea7cb8a3622.jpg)
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![Jeter waits to bat in the first inning.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5bf95fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3495x1966+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F09%2F25%2F27418541_h32122210_wide-0bd8fdf042df387946ea773fb7f23fb1c9c651ff.jpg)
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![Jeter gestures to fans from the field during his last home game.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/761b527/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2858x1607+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2F456107812_wide-fd500c6ca183f600e74ba7f68962b58cca93da9d.jpg)
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![Jeter looks on from the Yankees dugout in his last game at Yankee Stadium.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/beb7b74/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4933x2774+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F09%2F25%2F456106486_wide-8782794346fbe362081528b9cf2b0145f9dfa6f5.jpg)
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![Jeter throws on the field before the game.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9aec07d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3500x1968+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2F27418541_h32122225_wide-0236ea7d9c94a9c51b6b2aaefca596d3e95a1bd4.jpg)
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![Fans take a photo outside Yankee Stadium before Derek Jeter's final home game on Thursday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a2c38c0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3500x1968+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F09%2F26%2F27418541_h32122255_wide-4275fca611d566675e1537c05ccae0ad73369445.jpg)
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