Everyone in the baseball world misses Derek Jeter, the New York Yankees legend. Well, maybe not everyone, probably the fans of the Atlanta Braves still hold some resentment towards him, as he twice snatched the World Series from them (1996 and 1999). ‘Mr. November’ won five Fall Classics in his career and talked about that during a sports program. What Jeter confessed has caused a stir.
As mentioned, Derek Jeter retired from Major League Baseball not before winning five rings. The former shortstop won five World Series while playing for the New York Yankees. In his first championship, he defeated the Braves (1996); two years later, the Bronx Bombers defeated the San Diego Padres; in ’99 they again defeated Atlanta and their last two titles were against the Mets (2000) and Phillies (2009).
Derek Jeter denies missing the game with Yankees, but what did he say about the Fall Classic?
During an appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Jeter emphasized that he doesn’t miss playing baseball. “Do you dream about playing in the World Series?” Cowherd asked. To which Jeter replied: “When you’re in Little League, you sit there and you’re in the backyard and you dream about being in a World Series. I was lucky; I played in a lot of World Series. I don’t miss playing the game. No. There hasn’t been a day since I retired that I’ve missed playing,” he said.
When you’re in Little League, you sit there and you’re in the backyard and you dream of being in a World Series
However, Jeter also admitted that, if he were to wake up in bed one day and have the chance to play in a World Series, he would. With that statement, we can perfectly understand the wide difference that exists between the MLB regular season, ordinary games or even the Playoffs, with a Fall Classic, putting the latter as the true jewel in the crown. Which it really is.
Derek Jeter’s record with the New York Yankees
Derek Jeter is one of the greatest players of all time for America’s most important sports franchise and one of the most media-savvy athletes of the last quarter century on planet Earth. During a 20-season career, always with the New York Yankees, Jeter hit .310 with 3,465 hits (260 home runs and 544 doubles), 358 stolen bases, 1,923 runs scored and 1,311 RBIs.
He was named to 12 All-Star Games, earned five Gold Gloves and five Silver Sluggers, and finished his career with 72.4 WAR and five World Series titles. “The Captain” was Rookie of the Year in 1996 and in the postseason he hit .308 with 200 hits (57 extra-base hits), 20 home runs and 111 runs scored in 158 games and was named World Series Most Valuable Player in 2000 against the New York Mets.
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