18 Years After an Unbelievable Loss to the Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter Rips Them Apart With a Brutal Statement

New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, have been rivals for over a hundred years. This rivalry reached a new high during the late 90s, and early 2000s, when Derek Jeter was the Yankees captain.?

Even after years of his retirement, the former Yankees captain never misses an opportunity to troll the rivals Red Sox. Recently, he did the same when Jeter appeared on a podcast. He took a dig at the Red Sox for messing it up when it matters the most.

Derek Jeter was at his usual while trolling the Boston red sox

When the podcast host asked,?Derek Jeter, about how did he feel after losing the 2001 World Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Yankees legend gracefully accepted that the better team won the title.

However, he also trolled the Red Sox for always finding a way to make themselves troll material. And who can forget the iconic 2004 ALCS? The Red Sox bounced back in the series. After losing the first 3 games, the Red Sox won the next four games to clinch the American League Championship.

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?People talk about us losing four games in a row to Boston. But we beat them three games in a row, right? To get a 3-0 lead. So, it just shows you up anything can happen in the playoffs. Buat even if we lost Game 6, I thought we are gonna win game seven,? Derek Jeter said.

?Because if you think about it at the time, Boston always found a way to screw it up. They just did, and we had all the confidence in the world, but yeah, they beat us pretty good there in Game 7.?

The Red Sox did the impossible in the 2004 ALCS

In the name of Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, and Jason Giambi, the Yankees had one of the offenses in the league. And considering they were the favorite over the Red Sox in the ALCS, they also won the first three games of the series.

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However, the Red Sox turned the table after three straight defeats. They defied all the odds of winning the last four games to clinch the American League Championship. Later, they also went on to win the 2004 World Series title.

What do you think could have gone wrong for the Yankees after Game 3?