Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 01, 2004
Jeter and A-Rod Want to Play in Boston

Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez asked Tampa Bay's management to trade them to the Red Sox so they could be legally wed.


ALAN SCHWARZ: When did you guys first meet?

JETER: Back in ’76, huh?

RODRIGUEZ: It was earlier. When were we born?

JETER: No, really, we met over the phone. What were you, a senior?

RODRIGUEZ: I was a senior, yeah. 1993. Your first year of pro ball.

JETER: We had a mutual friend. No one you’d know. Alex had called and was asking about his last year of high school, because I’m a year older than him. Things about the draft. That’s how we initially met.

And then, at a University of Miami baseball game. They were playing Michigan. I went to the game in Miami with Jim Abbott and Scott Kamieniecki in my first spring training. We saw each other there. That was the first time we met face to face.


No doubt it was love at first sight. Tampa hopes to get Pokey Reese and Byung-Hyun Kim in the deal. When asked about being the first openly gay players in the game, Rodriguez responed, "At least no one is accusing me of taking steroids. I could never live with that stigma."


Posted by David Pinto at 01:28 AM | Trades | TrackBack (1)
Comments

This would have been funnier if you had "New York" instead of "Tampa"

Posted by: Derrek Jeter at April 1, 2004 03:04 PM

It would be better to read the whole days worth of posts before you make a statement like that

Posted by: Mark at April 1, 2004 03:18 PM