"You would be too if you met your childhood hero" - Jose Trevino attends the world premiere of 'The Captain', fulfills his childhood dream by meeting Derek Jeter
On Sunday, former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter and his wife Hannah Jeter turned up for the premiere of his documentary series, 'The Captain' at the Tribeca Film Festival. "The Captain" is slated to release on July 18 on ESPN and ESPN+ and MLB fans simply cannot wait.
Derek Jeter attends the premiere of his documentary 'The Captain' at the Tribeca Film Festival, which will premiere for everyone on July 18th -- @BrandonLondonTV on the Captain🎥 Derek Jeter attends the premiere of his documentary 'The Captain' at the Tribeca Film Festival, which will premiere for everyone on July 18th -- @BrandonLondonTV on the Captain https://t.co/veKELjhvSu
"Derek Jeter attends the premiere of his documentary 'The Captain' at the Tribeca Film Festival, which will premiere for everyone on July 18th --@BrandonLondonTV on the Captain." - @New York Post Sports
New York Yankees catcher Jose Trevino was one of several attendees at the premiere of Jeter's docuseries. Upon meeting Derek, Trevino was over the moon and couldn't stop smiling ear to ear.
When Talkin' Yanks, a popular MLB page on Twitter posted a sneak-peek of Trevino's meet-and-greet on Twitter, captioning the post, "Trevino looks so happy", Jose was quick to react.
Trevino retweeted the Talkin' Yanks tweet and wrote:
"You would be too if you met your childhood hero."
Trevino looks so happy 🥹
(via @PlayersTribune) https://t.co/LNfQTruRUI
"Trevino looks so happy." - @Talkin' Yanks
You would be too if you met your childhood hero twitter.com/talkinyanks/st…
"You would be too if you met your childhood hero." -@ Jose Trevino
It is evident from the video that Talkin' Yanks posted that Jose Trevino was star-struck and couldn't contain his excitement.
Derek Jeter acknowledges Jose Trevino's tweet
Derek responded to Trevino's tweet, acknowledging New York Yankees catcher Jose's admiration for him. Jeter's Twitter response to Jose earned 5,654 likes, 150 retweets, and was mentioned in 28 tweets.
@HipHipJose5 Nice to meet you last night. Keep up the great work.
"Nice to meet you last night. Keep up the great work." -@Derek Jeter
MLB fans took notice of the Jose-Jeter interaction on Twitter
Jim Pizappi, a Twitter user, wrote that Derek Jeter is the best man.
This is just simply the best man twitter.com/derekjeter/sta…
Flip_Nets, another MLB fan posted a GIF where the character seemed excited relating Jose' reaction to Derek's reply.
Jose after this tweet😂😂😂 twitter.com/derekjeter/sta… https://t.co/Q5tW8By2O1
Chris Lee commented that Jeter's response melted his heart.
My heart just melted 🥹 twitter.com/derekjeter/sta…
Darren Rivera commented that he would be in a puddle of tears if he were in Jose's shoes.
Yeah, I’d be a puddle of tears @HipHipJose5 😂 twitter.com/derekjeter/sta…
Twitter has become a lot more interesting for MLB fans, especially after New York Yankees star Derek Jeter decided to make his entry on the social networking platform.
Despite being an MLB star, Jeter is grounded and treats everybody equally. From replying to his fans to acknowledging the love of the current Yankees player, he is winning hearts everywhere.