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What is the significance of the World Series matchup this year?
Kings Network.
Welcome to South Beach Sessions. I am very excited that this man is in studio with me. I have known him since he is 17 years old, since he was drafted. I was at his mother's house. His his sister was making eggs and he was just a young man trying to figure it out. He is now. one of, if not the best in the athletes in the history of South Florida, one of the best baseball players ever, and a media tycoon and a business tycoon. You laugh at media tycoon, but I don't know a lot of people that got to work especially after having some sort of controversy at both ESPN and Fox at the same time. I don't think there's a lot of precedent for that. Thank you for being here with us, Alex. What do you regard in your baseball career as the happiest time?
The best year, the best six months, the... the time that you were, because it doesn't sound like any one of those years might be as happy as your best year now if you're sort of slogging through it, trying to figure out what happy looks like.
Yeah. I think I would say two. I would say when I got the call from George Steinbrenner that he wanted me to join his Yankee team and to come team up with Derek Jeter and agreeing very quickly that I would move in the prime of my career as the better shortstop.
I'm saying that for you. You don't have to say, but you were the better shortstop by the metrics and you moved to third base. You went to third base because he's the captain and it was his team.
Well, and I think Derek would be the first one to tell you that if he came to Texas, he would have moved to third and You know, respect is something that I, I believe in. I gave him my word that I was going to play third base and third base only. And I just said, made it very clear. I said, if there's ever a conversation about me going back to shortstop, I'm going to go back to Texas because I wanted to honor Derek and I didn't want any drama around the position. And I went over and worked really hard at third base and became a suitable third baseman. So I think George calling me over Steinbrenner and then obviously 2009 bringing the world championship back to New York for the 27th world championship in one of the most franchise.
After struggling in post-season, in pressurized post-seasons, like after year after year, you're one of the best players in baseball. And now people are, you know, accusing you of mental frailty because baseball is hard. And sometimes people hit 200 in a 14 game sample.
Dan, I don't see it that way. And again, this is where I think having some space from that time. The truth is when you're one of the best hitters in a lineup, you get circled. And they come at you with everything they have. And sometimes the best thing you can do in the World Series, I think Gary Sheffield did a nice job of this, and Barry Bonds did too. You got to just take your walks. And once I realized that it wasn't about me and it was about we, and it wasn't about what my stats were, but I would literally drive to every playoff game with Andy Pettit because he was my neighbor in Westchester. And he would help me out. And he was at this time a four-time world champion. And he pitched game six, which was a game six that we won.
He pitched great game and handed the ball to Moriano against the Phillies. And Victorino made the last out. Graham bought a Cano to Teixeira. The Yankees are world champs for the 27th time, as Joe Buck said. It was incredible because it was like a masterclass. from one of the greatest champions that I've ever met in Andy Pettit, where he would talk to me about hitting, pitch selection, what the opposition was thinking as they were facing me. And then I would reverse it and he would ask me, okay, what do I have to do to beat the Angels, to beat the Twins, and ultimately to beat the Phillies? And Dan, it was some of the most enjoyable hour conversations driving to the ballpark, no phones, just old school conversations.
And he really helped me become a champion.
What do you regard as the most honest, accurate appraisal that you can make of the relationship with Derek Jeter?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the significance of the World Series matchup this year?
0:04–6:01
2
What were Alex Rodriguez's happiest moments in his baseball career?
6:01–19:16
3
How did Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter's relationship evolve over time?
19:16–26:07
4
What legacy did Frank Thomas leave in major league baseball?
26:07–32:54
5
How does Jon Sciambi express his passion for baseball in broadcasting?
32:54–40:33
6
What challenges do MLB players face with media scrutiny?
40:33–54:43
7
How does Frank Thomas view the impact of injuries on his career?
54:43–54:57
Speakers
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