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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (left) is presented with gifts from Paul Konerko of the Chicago White Sox before a baseball game in Chicago on May 25.
Cop chop shop: It’s a Second City slugfest!
Sneed has learned that a Chicago cop is in dugout doo-doo for allegedly soliciting autographs on sports memorabilia — which he claimed was for a police charity fundraiser — from New York Yankees star Derek Jeter during the Chicago White Sox-Yankees battle at U.S. Cellular Field in May.
Batter up!
Sneed is told the Yankees organization has filed a complaint with the Chicago Police Department about a 9th District Chicago cop who served as extra security at the Cell during the four-game series, claiming the officer broke the rules by soliciting Jeter’s autograph. Sources are questioning the authenticity of it being done for a police charity.
Sneed hears Jeter, the team’s uber star set to retire in the near future, “graciously” agreed to sign the sports items for a Chicago police charity at the request of the policeman — who reportedly asked after helping shuttle Jeter via golf cart from the clubhouse to the Yankee bus, according to an informed source.
