In 2003, a trade was nearly completed to move A-Rod from the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox. Alex Rodriguez could have spent many years of his MLB career as a passionate rival of the New York Yankees.
A-Rod once admitted in the Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take,” that he really wanted to land in Boston in 2003.
In addition to seeing himself as the key to defeating the Yankees, Rodriguez also relished the thought of igniting a shortstop rivalry with Derek Jeter of the Yankees. Jeter made his Yankees debut in 1995.
Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter spoke about their volatile friendship
In an interview with Michael Kay, Jeter said he believes in moving on.
It looks like Rodriguez and Jeter were trying to mend their broken friendship.
Rodriguez and Jeter were MLB stars and thick friends in the 1990s. Unfortunately, in a 2001 Esquire article, Rodriguez’s comments about Jeter seemed to frame Jeter’s success on being with a strong team and not his particular qualities.
The comment didn’t go well with Jeter, and he said it wasn’t a “true friendship.”
Rodriguez shared this surprising revelation in the ESPN documentary series “The Captain.”
Despite their friendship deteriorating following the incident, Jeter and Rodriguez saw success after A-Rod joined the Yankees in 2004. In 2009, A-Rod and Jeter shared the World Series victory.
Derek Jeter served as both the Miami Marlins’ CEO and a partial owner of the team from 2017 to February 2022. A-Rod is the chairman of Presidente Beer and also serves as the chairman and CEO of A-Rod Corp. Rodriguez is also part owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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