Apart from being an excellent ballplayer and leader in the ballparks, the New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter was also equally good at his screen presence. Although being a professional ballplayer, he did not get enough opportunity to display his other talent, the former Yankee once graced an Adam Sandler movie with his less-than-a-minute presence.
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Notably, in Sandler’s Anger Management, Captain Clutch made a cameo of ten seconds. While using a popular term from the movie itself, Jeter calmed down a fellow actor who was notably getting angry in the film.
Derek Jeter knows how to leave an everlasting effect
The movie Anger Management got released in 2003, and a scene of it got shot in Yankee Stadium. In the movie, during a Yankees game, the protagonist Dave (Adam Sandler) came into the ballpark to profess his love to the woman who was going to marry someone else. Notably, the players (actors) in the game were getting restless because of the unnecessary stoppage in the game. That’s when Derek Jeter chimed in and made the environment calm and composed.
“Chill Rocket. Goosfraba. Goosfraba,” said Jeter. That’s all it took. Four words, ten seconds, and Jeter got the job done. ‘Goosfraba’ is a term that got used in the movie which is meant to calm down.
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The right word can do the trick if said correctly. Even though Jeter is not an actor, he stole the show with his ten-second appearance in the film.
2003 was a special for Captain Clutch:
During the 2003 season, the late Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner made Derek Jeter the captain of the team. The position got filled after seven years of waiting. And now, ever since Jeter got retired from the game, the position is empty again.
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There were speculations of Aaron Judge becoming the next captain, but now even that remains a big question because of his free agency rumors. Who do you think is going to become the next captain of the New York Yankees? Let us know in the comments below.