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Yankees Legend Takes Subtle Jab at Dodgers, Mookie Betts
The New York Yankees were eliminated in the American League Division Series this year. Meanwhile, their opponent from last year's World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers, is back in the Fall Classic.
Not many are surprised that the Dodgers' star-studded roster is trying to become the first back-to-back champion since 2000, when the Yankees completed a three-peat. A member of that 2000 Yankees team was Derek Jeter, who is now taking subtle jabs at the Dodgers.
Jeter, a five-time World Series champion, interviewed Mookie Betts before Game 3 of the World Series and brought up some of Betts' comments from the past. Betts had previously mentioned he was chasing Jeter in rings. According to the New York Post, the interview aired before the Game 3 broadcast, and Jeter took a slight jab at the Dodgers and Betts.
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Yankees’ Derek Jeter trolls Dodgers star over World Series rings: “2 1/2 — I’m just playing”
During a World Series interview on FOX, Jeter playfully jabbed Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts, who admitted he’s chasing Jeter’s five championship rings. Betts already owns three and is vying for a fourth.
“Somebody told me last year that you said that you were chasing me with the number of (World Series) rings,” Jeter said, straight-faced, via X/Twitter. “How many rings you got?”
“2 1/2?” Jeter said, playing dumb before finally breaking. “I’m just playing. Dodgers fans, I’m playing. It’s a joke amongst friends, I’m just joking.”
The joke was meant to take a jab at Betts’ World Series ring with the Dodgers in 2020, the COVID-shortened season. Jeter benefits from downplaying that championship because, if the Dodgers win this year, he’ll have the same number of rings Jeter had at his age-32 season — four.
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