NEW YORK – A day after the last home opener at the House that Ruth Built was washed out, the Yankees were hit with a much bigger bombshell: a former player says that shortstop and team captain Derek Jeter, the face of the franchise for the past decade, took steroids and other performance-enhancing substances.
The source of the allegations is ex-Yankee pitcher Dan Naulty, who was named in the Mitchell Report and has since admitted his use of steroids. Naulty has been outspoken in his statements that steroid use was rampant in the major leagues during the time that he pitched. Naulty appeared in 33 games for the Yankees’ World Series-winning squad in 1999, when Jeter was in his fifth season with the Bombers.