“I Told Him, Say Whatever You Want” – Derek Jeter Makes Explosive Revelation About Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez’s Role in His Documentary

While Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter started off as best friends, the journey towards greatness tainted their relationship. And unfortunately, like every story has a hero and villain, this story did too. A-Rod played as a shortstop before he arrived at the Yanks. However, he faced his first setback when he had to shift to the base as captain Jeter had already occupied the shortstop position.

Years down the line, in 2014, the MLB suspended A-Rod for a season due to his steroid scandal. And Derek Jeter retired in the same season. All things considered, today, years after both the legends have retired, they share a mutually co-existing relationship that involves respect and appreciation. Similarly, Derek Jeter displayed exactly that in the ‘Pardon My Take’ podcast.

Are A-Rod and Derek Jeter on good terms presently?

After discussing A-Rod’s contribution to the 2009 World Series, the hosts enquired about Jeter’s relationship with the former Yankee baseman. Derek Jeter very calmly responded saying, “It’s good man, it’s good.”

Notably, A-Rod appeared in Jeter’s documentary and their honest opinions depicted their relationship in a bad light. However, Jeter did put a full stop to speculations and clarified that all of that was in the past.

He said, “I told him [A-Rod], say whatever you want, give your opinion. And we got together and I said, ‘when it comes to the documentary, I’m just letting you know how I felt at that time. A lot of things happen in life. I have a family now. We lose close friends, we get older, we realize what’s most important and things which you can just put to the past.”

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Jeter continued to say, “So, I wanted him to understand that any feeling I may have had is behind me. So, we move on from that.” All in all, Jeter puts an end to all the speculations that had been manifesting in the public eye for years, about a major strain on their relationship.

Captain Clutch’s career in the ballpark

Derek Jeter appeared in the Pinstripes for the first time in 1995. That was also his first MLB appearance. And the rest as we know is history.

From 1995, up until he retired in 2014, Jeter played for the Bronx Bombers. He also captained the side from 2003, till the end of his career in 2014. Throughout his career, he won five World Championship Rings, five Golden Glove, and Silver Slugger awards. Moreover, he also won the American League Hank Aaron Award twice and the Roberto Clemente Award in 2009. He appeared on 14 All-Star teams and won the World Series MVP award in the 2000 Championship victory.

By 2017, the Yankee front office retired his jersey number 2 and added Jeter to Monument Park. And by 2020, Jeter’s name entered the MLB Hall of Fame with a 99.75% majority.

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