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kept a really close knit group
of people around him

that were supportive of him.

I really do credit
my parents for that.

My dad used to tell Derek,
"If your head ever gets

too big to fit through this
door, you know,

you’re not going to
be welcome here."

You know, when Derek came home
and he was around us,

he was Derek, and that’s
the only way

he expected to be treated.

♪

What’s in your wallet?

[ Cheering ]

♪

Derek:
I always said when I played

I felt like I was on
a Broadway stage.

We became the hot spot.

You know, it seemed
like anyone and everyone

that came to New York came
to Yankee Stadium.

Announcer: Jeter’s first
at bat of the night.

There it goes.

That one is drilled
deep to left field.

Going back, still back,
still back.

It’s off the wall.

Announcer: How do you like that?

From Day 1 he has seized
the moment.

He always seizes the moment.

Derek: I was always most
comfortable playing.

That was my job.

It’s the only thing
I ever wanted to do.

Announcer: That one
gets away from Joseph.

Jeter goes to third,
and he’s in.

Derek: Everything
that came along with it

was not a part of the dream --

the attention, the notoriety.

You can’t hide in New York.

You know,
it’s the price you pay.

Announcer: And we are joined
in the booth by Joe Torre.

Joe, what comes to mind
as it winds down?

What comes to mind
is how grown up he was

right from the get-go,
and you know, halfway

through the ’96 season,
the veterans

were looking for him
to do something.

Announcer: Jeter scores,
the game is tied at two.

♪

♪

[ Camera shutters clicking ]

Let’s go, Jeter!

♪

Announcer:
It was an incredible series,

and the New York Yankees
have lost it

in a heartbreaking fashion.

Curry: After that loss,
I was already in my head

thinking about the
15 or 20 stories

that I was going
to have to write

because so many changes
were looming with that team.

Buck Showalter
wasn’t going to be back.

Don Mattingly would retire.

Stick Michael was replaced
by Bob Watson.

Now the Yankees need
to find a manager

to take this really talented
group to the next level,

and Joe Torre was not
the Yankees first choice.

Torre: I played
for three teams --

the Braves, the Cardinals
and the Mets.

And I happened to manage
all three of those teams,

and I got fired by all three
of those teams.

I get a call.

How would you like to be
on the short list

of people for manager
of the Yankees?

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Sherman: All of a sudden,
Joe Torre is the manager.

I felt like a last resort.

And you know, famously,
The Daily News

has "Clueless Joe"
on its back page.

The media criticized the move,
so George actually contacted

Buck Showalter,
his previous manager.

Matthews: George had second
thoughts about letting Buck go.

Buck said, you know,
the hell with you.

Buck is a standup guy,

but he’s also a little stubborn.

And he’s like, you know,
if you don’t want me,

you know, go fuck yourself.

Anytime you start
a new situation,

you’re always a little jumpy

Man: Did you look at the
pinstripes when you’re

putting the pants
on and think?

Oh, sure, about three
different pants.

I had to try three different
ones on before they fit me.

It didn’t bother me

because I felt this was
a bonus opportunity for me.

You know, what could I lose?

I was basically told that
Derek would be the shortstop,

so I would tell the press that.

Before we even
started spring training,

I saw Derek was interviewed.

Derek:
This is a big spring for me.

I’m told I’m getting
an opportunity to win a job.

So, you know,
I got down here early

and been here since November.

I got an apartment down here,
so I’ve been

working pretty hard.

He phrased it a whole lot better
than I did.

And, you know, that caught
my attention early on.

Cone:
There were a lot of eyeballs
on Derek, and we were like,

"Oh, what’s this kid all about?

Such an iconic position
to play in sports,

the shortstop
of the New York Yankees.

Is this guy the answer?
Is he gonna be the one.

Spring training, I struggled.

I mean, I struggled bad.
I made a lot of errors.

I really wasn’t hitting,
put a lot of pressure on myself.

Torre: Toward the end
of spring training,

you know, there was
some chatter about

is maybe Derek’s not ready.

I remember hearing whispers

Cerrone: Mr. Steinbrenner
had this cavalry

of baseball advisers.

They had a meeting.

They probably were 20,
30 people in the room,

and they had a big,
thick binders.

Someone had stood up
in the meeting

and said to Steinbrenner,
he goes, we can’t win

with this kid Jeter
at shortstop.

Ultimately, he was ordering
Bob Watson to find out

what else is out there,
and there was Felix Fermin,

was this player
from the Seattle Mariners.

They’re talking to the Mariners
about trading Mariano Rivera

for Felix Fermin
and send Jeter down.

For Felix Fermin? Come on, man.
Are you serious?

Give somebody up,
but Felix Fermin?

Can you imagine Jeter to AAA,
Rivera to Seattle.

No dynasty.

Derek: Roughly a week left
of spring training,

Tony Fernandes broke his arm,

and I truly believe
if Tony didn’t break his arm,

I would have been
sent back down to AAA.

They were stuck.
They had no choice

to at least ride it out
as long as they could.

Announcer: Opening day, 1996.
It’s a new year.

It’s also a new look
for the New York Yankees.

Verducci: There’s an unknown
factor about Derek Jeter,

about how good he would be.

It wasn’t a slam dunk that
this guy was going to be a star

by any means or even make
the team in his own mind.

Torre: I can’t tell you
how nervous I was

opening day in Cleveland.

You know,
everybody was watching.

And then all of a sudden,
you know, Derek Jeter showed up.

Announcer: Oh, he got
to run on that one.

That’s gone.
Holy cow!

I mean, he creamed it.

His first big league home run.

Announcer: That’s going to be
a great feeling.

Announcer:
Nice going there, Derek.

Properly hit.
Look at Jeter.

-What a play by the youngster.
-Oh-ho!

That’s got to be
a confidence booster.

Cone: Just such
a well-rounded effort.

Announcer: He’s calm, though.

I mean,
nothing seems to faze him.

Couldn’t have made
a better statement for a rookie

shortstop to say,
hey, I’m the guy, I got this.

Announcer: Off the end of the
bat, into shallow center field.

Derek Jeter back!
What a play Derek Jeter made.

Torre: That sort of helped me
exhale a little bit,

the decision that was made.

You know, we were off to the
races at that point in time,

Hitting a home run
on top of the defensive stuff,

I couldn’t have written
a script better than that.

No disrespect to Buck
who was before Mr. T,

but in that particular
period of time,

he was the perfect manager.

The demeanor that he had,
the calming influence.

You know, he understand
you’re going to make mistakes.

He had patience with it.

Strawberry: He allowed Derek
just to be Derek.

When a manager can allow you
to just be you,

you can eventually take off.

Announcer: And Joe Torre
and the Yankees

three-game lead over Baltimore.

Waldman: You got to remember
what ’96 was like.

Nobody expected anything.

And then all of a sudden,
the team started to gel.

There weren’t stars
on that team.

They became stars
because they started to win,

and the city took them to heart.

[ Indistinct ] Derek Jeter!

Derek Jeter best shortstop.

And then they had this
21-year-old shortstop

who was doing incredible things.

Announcer: Hit on the ground,
a short, backhander by Jeter.

The long throw.
He got him on a throw.

Sherman:
It’s hard to ignore that they
got another level of fan base

because their shortstop
is young...

Announcer: Line drive.
Jeter’s got it!

Sherman: ...a little
matinee idol.

Announcer: Listen to this.

I don’t know why
they’re not in school,

but they’re here
for Derek Jeter.

Armstrong: Every girl that
went to school in the Bronx

had a poster of Derek Jeter
in their locker.

I was 100 percent convinced

that I was going to grow up
and marry Derek Jeter.

Derek: The city’s been
very supportive.

We went to the Knicks game
last night,

and the crowd’s cheering
for the Yankees.

I mean, I like it.
I enjoy it a lot.

Sherman: It was clear
he could handle himself,

handle the atmosphere
and permeate something

that was valuable
to the team.

Announcer: In the bottom
of the 10th.

And it’s into center field!

The Yankees have won it.

He is rapidly becoming the
Yankees player of the year.

Cone: There’s a certain point
during the season

when somebody
has that type of year

that you stop being a rookie.

It’s like,
this guy is the mainstay.

This guy’s the reason
why we’re here.

Announcer: Bernie Williams
camped down under it.

Makes the catch,
and the New York Yankees

are the 1996 American League
Eastern Division Champions.

But we didn’t know how
the young guys would fit in.

I think what Derek has done

is probably been
the key to the year.

Oh yeah,
We hope to celebrate three more

times after every round
of the playoffs

and after the World Series.

But we’re playing
well right now,

and hopefully it’ll continue.

He just won the division, right,
didn’t he?

And he is that young, right?
He’s so cool.

He’s barely legal to have
that champagne

dripping from his head.
He’s been great.

Verducci: The Yankee fan
was hungry in ’96.

You got a little bit taste
in the postseason in ’95.

There was palpable energy
and excitement around the city.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Where you staying?
Where you staying?

[ Indistinct ]
Is that right
across the street?

Yeah, right across the street.
Oh, really?

Dr. Charles: We talked
almost daily, you know, really,

I was there to be his parent,

be there to support him
and enjoy things with him.

If he felt a need
to talk with me,

something, you know,
then I want to be there for him.

Okay, alright.
That’s your dad?

Waldman: It’s very difficult
to play in New York.

It’s very difficult to play
when you’re that young

and be like Derek Jeter
and be that kind of a star.

I think it’s his background,
I really do.

He knew who he was,
and he was always prepared.

And the moment is never too big
for you

if you’re prepared for it.

Announcer: Orioles 4,
Yankees 3.

In the eighth, Game 1 of the
league championship series.

Announcer: Here on one
and hit it to deep right

Jeter: I couldn’t see it.
I knew I hit a fly ball.

I knew I hit it
good two right field.

Announcer: Tarasco
back on the track.

He’s near the wall.

He makes the...

It’s good!
It’s good!

A homerun for Derek Jeter.

Derek: Then I see Richie Garcia
signaling a home run.

You know, I don’t think
I saw what happened really

until after the game
was over with.

Announcer:
And what happens here?

He contends that a fan
reaches up and touches it.

Derek: But then after the game,
obviously you see

what’s -- what’s apparent to
everyone that was watching it.

Announcer:
Here comes Davey Johnson.

Derek: Was that Tony
should have jumped.

Announcer: I think he would have
bought the ball.

-He catches that ball.
-Absolutely.

Williams:
I have no idea why or how.

It’s one of those weird things
that happen in this game where,

you know, you get something
that is outside of our control.

Announcer:
Meanwhile, here’s the kid

receiving congratulations
all around.

Strawberry: Guy was never going
to catch that ball.

He didn’t even jump.

So how was he going
to catch the ball?

Pat the kid on his back, we say
thank you, you know, good job.

Maier: I hope it didn’t affect
the game that much,

but I’m a Yankee fan and I do
want the Yankees to win.

And people say, oh, that’s a
reason why we beat Baltimore.

No, no. We would have beat
Baltimore anyway.

You know, Bernie beat Baltimore
later on in the game.

Announcer: It’s mighty high,

it’s mighty far,
and goodnight.

I could see the kid reach over
the fence from where I was at.

That ball was, I want to say,
a routine fly ball.

It wasn’t fair.
Orioles should had that.

When I hear people
talk about that game,

"ah, that changed everything,

we would have beat you."
No, you wouldn’t of.

We were dominant
against you the whole year.

Announcer: Rolled to Alomar,
right through his legs.

The gold glover has it go
right through the wickets.

Ripken a ground ball to short,
Jeter.

The New Yankees...

are going to the World Series.

[ Cheers and applause ]

New York Yankees!
New York Yankees!

Woman: How long have you been
standing out here?

Two nights
waiting out here.

Man: Some people
would think you’re crazy.
Oh, yes, I am.

I’m crazy about the Yankees.
That’s what I am.

I got box seats

down the third base line
right next to Wade Boggs.

Oh, my God.

Announcer: Here comes Atlanta,
New York.

Man: The Braves are considered
the favorites by many observers

to repeat as world champions.

Derek: This was before
interleague play,

so I didn’t know anything
about the Atlanta Braves

other than the fact that
I watched them on television

when I was in high school.

We had a pre-World Series
meeting,

and, you know, first thing out
of Mr. T’s mouth is

this team is better than any
team you’ve played all year.

I’m like, "Damn. So we’re really
in the World Series now."

We were facing arguably one
of the best pitching rotations

in the history of the game.

You know,
when you talk about Maddux.

Glavine, John Smoltz,

we were coming in
as a heavy, heavy underdog.

Announcer: It is Game 1
of 1996 World Series.

They look like they’re ready
here in the Bronx?

Announcer: Definitely.

Announcer:
Long drive into left field.

At the track,
at the wall, it is gone.

Andrew Jones.

What a performance.

The 19-year-old World Series
for the Yankees

so far has been a nightmare.

They killed us, man.

I mean, there was no way
to sugarcoat it. They killed us.

Announcer: 4-0 Braves,
ninth inning

And the 1-2 to O’Neill.
Game over.

Derek: Bam, bam.
We’re down two straight games.

Even the most confident
Yankee fan at that point

probably was saying,
well, it was a nice run.

Derek: It’s all preparation.

Man, if you --
I always treated playoff games

like spring training games.

In my mind, still the same game.

You know, if you play every game
like it’s the most important

game of the year,
your mindset doesn’t change.

Whether you’re up 2-0
or down 2-0,

it’s still the same mindset.

So we just had to win one game.

Raines: When we got to Atlanta,

we heard it in the background,
is that, you know,

they had the champagne
ready in the clubhouse.

Ready to pop the bottles.

Cone:
In the bowels of the stadium,

you could hear them
really talking some smack.

You have to find something
you hate about your opponent.

Announcer: A must win situation
for the New York Yankees.

Cone: They don’t respect us.
Well, let’s get pissed off.

Announcer: Up the middle,
a base hit.

Raines comes in to score.

The Yankees score first
here in Game 3.

Just win on. All you got to do
is win one game at a time.

Down the line and right.

Goodbye.

Game 3 belongs to New York.

♪ I gots it crunk,
if it ain’t real, ain’t right ♪

Andrew Jones trying to add
to the Atlanta 5-0

fifth inning lead.

To third,
Hayes can’t make the play.

Jones scores,
and it’s 6-0 Atlanta.

Pretty sure they’re feeling good
about themselves

in the other dugout.

Announcer: 1-2 on Jeter,

and that’s a little flair
in the right, trouble.

A lead off base hit.

I believe we were
going to win that game.

Announcer: Into right field,
base hit.

It gets past Don.

Here comes Jeter,
he’ll score.

When you have that type
of belief,

I think it rubs off on people.

And then we started creeping
our way back into it.

Announcer: Top of the eighth
inning, 6-3,

the Braves out in front.

And it’s first and third one out

for the catcher, Jim Leyritz,
his first at bat of the night.

Strawberry: I don’t know
if he broke his bat or not.

He just grabbed my bat and said,

let me use this, you know,
and he battled.

Announcer:
Again, the 2-2 to Leyritz.

In the air to left field.

Back at the track, at the all.

We are tied.

Once he hit that,
we tied the game,

I knew we had that series.

Announcer:
They’re dancing in the streets
in New York right now.

Pendleton shoots it
to deep left, ranges is there,

falling as he catches it.

And in 10 innings,
the Yankees hang on

and this series is tied.

Runners at first
and third, two out.

Bottom of the ninth
inning with the Yankees

leading by 1.

0-2 from Wetteland.

Into right field.

O’Neill is there.
Ball game.

Yankees win 1-0 begin
as Wetteland

saves it for Andy Pettitte.

[ Cheers and applause,
horn honking ]

Derek: Playing at home now,
all you hear about,

walk out your apartment
and everyone’s wearing

Yankee hats
and everyone’s good luck.

I think there’s more Yankee fans

than any other team
in New York, right?

Man, they’ve been waiting for
this for a long time.

Actually enjoyed
those games more

because I felt as though
more people were watching,

and I always like people
watching.

Announcer: The Yankees won
three in a row.

Game six here at Yankee Stadium.

The New Yorkers look for
their first world title

since 1978.

Now Girardi, infield is in
for the play at the plate.

Into center field.

That will put the Yankees
on top

and over the head of Grissom.

It’s my best moment in the game.

If I had to single out
one individual moment,

that would be it.

Derek: I just had never
heard anywhere that loud,

baseball field
or any other place.

It felt like the whole place
was shaking.

It felt like the ground was
shaking, which it may have been.

Announcer: Now, the runner
at third, one out

for Jeter against
Greg Maddox.

Base hit, 2-0, New York.

Verducci:
Now Jeter is on first base.

Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame managers
in the other dugout.

First pitch, calls a pitch out.

Announcer: Pitch out.
Nothing doing, ball 1.

Verducci: Jeter’s not running.
Guess what he does next pitch?

Announcer: There here goes.

No throw.

Verducci:
He’s got such a big jump,

there’s no throw
to second base.

Announcer: Into right center.

Verducci: Jeter’s got such a
great secondary lead,

scores from second base.

Announcer: No good.
3-0, New York.

Winning baseball, that’s Jeter.

That guy would cut your heart
out to win a game.

Announcer: Joe Torre and the
Yankees are now one out away.

Announcer: The stretch and pass

Swing on, and popped up again
of third.

Hayes has room.

Hayes makes the catch!

Yankees win!
The Yankees win!

They surmounted every challenge.

They have climbed
every mountain.

And the New York Yankees
are world champions

Announcer: This is the greatest
feeling in the world.

Unbelievable.

Derek: It’s going to be kind of
hard to top this one,

but hopefully we can come back,

but we’ve got a lot of time
to celebrate this one.

[ Cheers and applause ]

♪

I can’t imagine winning a
championship in any other city

that’s bigger
than winning here in New York.

♪ Yo, when you think of me,
you think of the problem ♪

This is the media capital
of the world,

playing for the most
recognizable,

storied franchise
in all of sports.

We win a World Series
My first year. I’m 22 years old.

Now you’re the toast
of the town, the whole team,

the toast of the town
anywhere you go.

Sherman: I think it changed
coverage of them forever.

They went from a baseball team
to like the Beatles

pretty much overnight.

Letterman: Derek Jeter.

Rookie of the Year,
Mr. World Champion shortstop.

What about that
kid knocking --

taking care of your
home run there?

I put him out there,
actually.

We won the World Series.

Six games.

The Yankees are the biggest team
in New York,

and Derek is the face
of the biggest team in New York.

Derek: I could tell my life
had changed.

Everything changed for us
after that, everything.

Evans: It was 1997.

So I’m just coming off
the road with Puff.

We just, you know, we’re doing
some things in the studio,

whatever have you,
[indistinct] comes in.

She said, "Hey, I know you like
baseball, Mike."

I say, "yeah, yeah. I’m a huge
Yankee fan since 1980.

She’s like, "You still cutting
hair a little bit?"

I was like, "Yeah, I do a little
haircut and every now and then.

That was my first time
meeting Derek.

We broke bread over a haircut.

I started telling Puff, A.K.A
Diddy, A. K. A love, about Derek.

And, you know,
he was a baseball buff, too.

Derek: You know, hip hop was
at full force

and Puff was at full force,
you know what I mean?

Evans: Puff was like,
"Yo, listen,

I’m the king of New York.
I’m Diddy."

He said, "You know what?

He could be
the prince in New York."

So we started calling
Derek, Prince.

♪

And Derek had his mark
on the town.

He was doing it so humble.

He wasn’t a guy flashy,

no bodyguards, no big cars.

But he started to recognize,
you know, oh, shoot,

I can actually fly.

A lot of people would
have beat that apple,

meaning New York,
and choked.

He took little, little bites
at a time to digest.

All you need to do is get
with the wrong click

in New York, you’re over.

You got to be careful,
got to be wise on

how you biting that apple.

Small bites.

Fat Joe:
I seen him for the first time.

Puff Daddy had a party,
and it was like,

holy shit, it’s Derek Jeter.

He was party, most
beautiful women in the world.

This many temptations, a lot
of trouble you could get into.

You got to understand
baseball money

different from any other money.

And they make up something
called baller alert

for no reason.

It’s a different type
of target on these guys backs.

Derek: I had fun.

If I said I didn’t,
I’d be lying to you.

We went out
because you’re in New York

and because we had success.

Yankee Stadium
was where the cool kids went.

We always had access,
could meet anyone.

I don’t think
it could have happened now.

I’ve joked before and said
if there were phones back then

my career would have been
three years long.

Strawberry: There’s a lot
of things off the field

that can really distract you
from who you are.

It’s a fast moving pace
of playing in New York.

The real things, the alcohol,
drinking, the partying.

And I made a lot of mistakes
of doing a lot of things

in the public eyes
and everything,

and it cost me.

Straw sat me down,
telling me about the pressures,

the mistakes that he made.
I’m always here to talk to you.

I’m here to help you, look out
for these people, those people.

You can’t let everybody
in your circle.

You got to keep
your circle tight.

If you let the wolf
into the chicken coop,

that one wolf can just
take away a lot.

Announcer: Derek Jeter
delivers...

Torre: You know, let’s admit it.
He’s a single guy,

goes around the Big Apple
and everybody wants Derek Jeter.

Man: What’s it like, though?
All of a sudden

you’re
on the cover of magazines.

I mean, I can look outside
right now and there’s girls

at there screaming
for you guys right now.

What is it like?
Really, seriously,

To be honest with you.

I’m always looking out for his
best interests, you know?

He comes in New York,
I introduce him to friends.

You know, I try to, you know,
decipher through

the good and the bad,
and I give him all the good.

You know, I stay by myself.
Let’s take care, Alex, first.

Well, first things first.
How did you two meet?

How did you get to be
such good friends?

Rodriguez: My experience
with Derek early on

was actually
way before Seattle.

It was when I was a junior
in high school.

It was overwhelming seeing
a young, skinny kid

with brown skin just like me
from Kalamazoo, Michigan.

I’m like, "Where the heck
is Kalamazoo, Michigan?"

The next spring, he actually
was down in Fort Lauderdale

for spring training,
playing with the Yankees.

I was still in high school,

and Michigan was playing
the University of Miami.

Derek: University of Michigan
was down there playing.

That’s the first time
I actually met him in person.

And the initial reaction was,
this guy’s huge.

You know, he was big.
Early on, we were friends.

Then the bond was
is baseball, right?

That’s what sort of
drew us together.

And then over the years
we started --

I’d see him in the off season
whether he’d come to Tampa,

I go to Miami.

A couple of New Year’s Eves,

you know,
get to know his family.

So the relationship
developed over time.

You guys are talking
a second.

What do you say during a game
to each other?

Well, if I ever get jammed
or anything,

he’ll be the first one to say,

"Oh, you really hit
that ball hard.

Way to hit. Hey, you know,
you did a good job."

Announcer: Rodriguez
with a diving stop.

What a play.

So, you know, that’s the kind
of friend his is.

Announcer: Alex Rodriguez
robbing his good buddy...

Rodriguez: It was truly surreal.

I mean, with two young kids,
both bachelors,

both starting shortstops,
going to the All-Star Game

and playing at a high level.

And it was just like, Oh my God,
we’re living out our dream.

Announcer: There goes,
hammer out to deep left field.

Rodriguez: In many ways, it was
the golden age for shortstops.

Announcer:
And Nomar makes them play.

We had so much respect for
each other,

especially like Nomar,
Derek and I

We were kind of the,
three of us,

were kind of emerging
into the scene.

A line drive speared
by Garciaparra.

Garciaparra:
If you turned on, you know,
"SportsCenter" at the time,

it was one of us who was
on there on a daily basis.

They were showing us.

Announcer: And he drills
this one to left field.

Garciaparra: It brought so much
attention to all of us

because of what we were doing
every single day.

Announcer: Jeter in the hole
in and the long throw...

Competition
eliminates complacency.

That’s why I like to say,
so I paid attention

to what those
guys are doing all the time.

I had covered both Derek
and Alex

throughout their minor
league careers.

Derek had won the Rookie of
the Year, won the World Series.

He was the toast of New York.

Alex, meanwhile, up in Seattle,

had one of the best seasons
of any baseball player ever.

There was no question
that Alex Rodriguez

was a better player
at that time than Derek Jeter.

When I sat down with Alex
and Derek in 1997,

I’m walking with Alex.

He said, "Alan, I think this is
going to be the last interview

that I do with Derek together."

He said, "I love the guy.

He’s my friend.
He’s a great player.

But you remember the cover
of "Sports Illustrated?"

I was sitting and Derek
was standing above me.

It gives the impression,
you know,

I’m just sort of below him."

And he said, "I’m sorry.
I’m the better player."

And I said, "Of course you are.
Everybody knows you are."

He wasn’t being egotistical.
He was being correct.

That couldn’t be further
from the truth.

There wasn’t never
that type of competition

about who’s better
or this is better.

We wanted to make
our teams great.

We wanted to be great.

But it stuff like that
where people,

I believe, really got off
on trying to drive a wedge

between Derek and I.

At the beginning, you have this
kind of innocent climb.

Once you get a little bit
too high,

people then want to get two
brothers and split them apart.

You can compare statistics
all you want.

So, you know, I didn’t care
who hit more home runs,

who had more RBI,
who had more stolen bases.

I compared who won more,
and we won.

That was it.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Announcer: Great night
for Game 4

of this 1997
divisional series.

Derek: Once you win,
there’s nothing else

to do but to win again.

Anything less than that
is a complete failure.

Announcer:
Bottom of the eighth inning,

Yankees hanging on by one run.

You can not say enough
how about this Yankee bullpen.

Torre: It was Mariano’s
first year a closer.

When you’re the closer,
you’re it.

There’s no safety net.

2-0 on Alomar.

Into right field, well hit.

Track, wall, tied.

To me, that was a moment
that made me,

that bitter
filling in my mouth.

Announcer: Off Mendoza,
base hit.

There will be game five
tomorrow night.

[ Cheers and applause ]

♪

The Yankees down by a run,
ninth inning.

Into the right center field.

Grissom will not get there.

Off the wall,
off the bat of O’Neill.

Trying for two.

Safe with a double.

Tying run at second
with two out,

and Bernie Williams,
who has a hit tonight.

-Into left center field.

Giles is there.

Celebrate.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Raab: That was a miracle.

Part of growing up in Cleveland
is hating the Yankees,

and part of moving
to North Jersey in late 1996,

there’s Derek Jeter
all of a sudden.

I hated the motherfucker.

I really -- I mean,
I really did.

Derek: That one hurt, man.

As a starting shortstop,

all I knew was winning
the World Series.

And now you’re going
to the other extreme.

You should never be okay
with losing.

So I was upset.

You know,
when you lose, people say,

Oh, forget about it.
No, no, no, no.

Remember it, you know?

Remember what
that feeling is like.

Don’t want to
experience it again.

You know, you hate
to lose like this.

I mean, it was a good series
good five games,

but, you know,
they got the best of us.

You know, I didn’t want
to talk to anybody.

You know, I just wanted
to be by myself.

And you have so many things
going on in your head

about what we did wrong,
what we should have done.

And then all of a sudden,
it’s bam, Next year, let’s go.

It was Groundhog Day of ’98.
Bob Watson resigned.

I got a call
from George Steinbrenner,

and he asked if I can come down
and meet him to discuss

possibly me
becoming general manager.

I remember him looking me
in the eye and said,

Bob Watson and Gene Michael
have told me you can do this,

and is it something
you’re interested in.

And at that time,
I was scared to death, clearly.

When George offered this job,
I mean, was there

any trepidation or was it
an automatic yes.

It was, you know, that’s a tough
question because...

I was smart enough to accept it,

even though privately,
if you put truth serum in me,

I really had no interest
in the position.

It’s the first step of your
last day with the organization

because no one last long
in those positions,

you know, in New York
and under George Steinbrenner.

Man: Brian Cashman,
the general manager.

Olney:
He felt enormous pressure,

and his ex-wife
told me a story about

how he would wake
her up at night

because he was grinding
his teeth constantly.

And so they go into ’98,
and not only are they driven

by the failure from the year
before, but they are loaded.

Williams: We started creating
this culture.

Announcer: Got it.

Williams: We had an opportunity
to win every game

that we played in that year.

Announcer: He puts it away,
and David Wells

has pitched a perfect game.

Williams: So when you have this
attitude and it’s collective

and it’s pervasive,
it’s almost like

you’re telling
the other teammate

We’re going to come here,
we’re going to win,

and there’s nothing you can
[laughing] do about this.

Announcer: Long drive
to right field,

and the Yankees
have taken the lead.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Oh! That’s gonna call ya.
He’s gone.

Benches are gonna empty.
That was frustration by Benitez.

Strawberry:
And he just drills him.

He looks at our dugout and
starts telling us, "Come on."

Announcer:
That was a real cheap shot.

He made a bad decision
to tell us to come on.

Announcer: Darryl Strawberry’s
after him now.

Whoa!
They’re after him.

♪ I fought for my freedom ♪

Derek:
That was a wild brawl, man.

You see Graeme Lloyd
and Jeff Nelson

and then Straw.

Cone: I knew who to watch.
Straw’s the guy to watch.

Strawberry snuck
around the side.

There goes Darryl Strawberry.

This spills into the dugout.
This is horrible.

Cone: I had some flip-flops on
and I ran down there,

and I was holding on
for dear life like this

with my flip-flops
and they go flying off.

Announcer: Joe Torre right
now trying to keep

Darryl Strawberry calm.

If Joe didn’t come
and get me out of that dugout,

I’d still be
in the dugout fighting.

We had to send a message
to Baltimore

or anybody else to let them know
we’re the Yankees.

Derek: That was a good one.

Sometimes you have
moments like that

and it brings teams together.

Announcer: Back to action,
and Tim Raines

with two out,
the bottom of the ninth.

[ Indistinct ]

Raines has left the yard.

Raines: Probably the only time
that I went up to the plate

to try to hit a home run
and I actually did it.

Announcer: Raines knew it too,
didn’t he.

O’Neill with a nice grab.

We wanted to have the mindset

that we were beating you
before the game started.

-Could be two.
-We weren’t cocky.

We were confident.

Announcer: Brosius with a
barehand throw, gonna get it.

But we wanted to beat you down
every single day.

Announcer: He spins and throws.

Jeter with another
fine play at short.

Oh, he’s cool breeze now,
you know? [ Laughs ]

He’s really developed
into just a superstar

of a player
at this point in time.

♪

That attraction is
so real out there,

and who’s not going
to want a taste of it?

Smith: Derek was the hottest guy

in the hottest city
with the hottest nightlife.

And, you know,
everybody wanted to be with him.

Everybody wanted a piece of him.

Desus Nice: Back then, nightlife
was its own separate culture.

You didn’t go to one club,
you went to like five.

You was hoping.
Bing, bang, bing, bing, bang.

The night kept going.
This is before bottle service.

Yes.
This is back when you didn’t

have to buy a table
to impress chicks.

It was more everybody was on
the come up and celebrating

coming up with each other.

You would see more celebrities,
more artists together.

Derek: That’s how New York was,
you know?

You know, I could tell you
Monday was China Club.

Tuesday was life.
Wednesday was NB.

Thursday, you know, I mean,
I can go through the list

running into Denzel Washington,

Jack Nicholson,
they’re Yankee fans.

And everyone was there
and they enjoyed themselves

because it wasn’t,
you know, social media

or pulling out your phones.

Anything I was doing,
I wasn’t try to hide them.

Evans: We was at a place called
Cronies having a bite to eat.

Puff, hit me on the on
the Skytel Motorola pager.

He said, Me and J. Lo
are going to be here tonight.

This where we going?
Club New York.

He said,
playing Derek here tonight.

And Derek said,
You know what, man?

I’m gonna go to bed.
I got a game tomorrow.

Woman: Combs and his girlfriend,
Jennifer Lopez,

were inside the popular
Midtown Dance Club

when an argument broke out
and gunshots were fired.

We just missed going by an inch,
so that’s what I mean.

If we would take
a bite of the apple,

just that little bite
right there

we’d have been the thick of it.
We got lucky.

Woman: All were arrested
after police

found the gun
in the sport utility vehicle.

Combs and the others
were charged in connection

with the shooting.

Derek:
We would have been right there,

so my name would have been
a part of the story.

Sharlee:
Everybody says when someone

becomes a celebrity,
they change.

but 99 percent of the time

it’s the people around them
that change.

So I’m sitting back watching
everyone around him change.

When I meet someone, first thing
that goes through my mind is,

What do they want?
It’s not a good thing, right?

I wish that didn’t
go through my mind,

but that’s one of the first
things, like what’s the angle?

And I go into protection mode.

-Three home runs last night.
-Look, I had fun in New York.

We won, I had a lot of fun,
but I’ll tell you what.

When it came to doing my job,
I was disciplined.

You know, I knew what I had
to do in order to be successful.

Announcer: Derek Jeter rips it
inside the lines.

Williams: What would probably
cause many problems

for a lot of people

wouldn’t cause as many problems
for him

because he was never chasing
stardom.

He was chasing success
in regards to winning.

Announcer:
So Joe Torre has gone to

the bench,
and he’s got plenty of players.

Announcer #2: Ricky Ledée
in left

and Chad Curtis in center.

Olney: You know, the Yankees
are rolling along.

Torre starts to take
a lot of his regulars

out of games at the end.

That’s inside,
and Cliburn reacts,

but it’s going to fall
in front of Ledée.

A pop up fell between us three,
okay?

And Boomer threw his arms up.

Gator went way out there.

And he spread his arms out
like this,

like, "What are we doing?"

And nobody wanted
a part of the ball.

Now, knowing David Wells,
he didn’t mean anything by it.

That’s just him.
He’s animated, right?

So I told him, "We don’t do
that shit around here.

We don’t do that shit
around here."

And that was pretty much
the extent of it.

Olney: So the next day,
I was near the umpires’ room.

The late Ernie Tyler
was the person

who ran baseballs
out to the umpires.

He goes, "Wow.
The umpires after the game were

talking about how, like, Derek
got in David Wells’ face.

Jeter: Buster Olney comes over
to me and he says,

"I heard you challenged
David Wells

to a fight on the field."

Now, the way I asked
the question was,

"I heard you got into
a confrontation with him,"

and I might have even said
that he shoved him.

And what I was so amazed
by was how it was like a wall

came up in that moment.

And Derek was immediately like,
"That never happened."

And I said, "Well,
who’d you hear it from?

He’s like,
"Well, someone on the field."

So I brought over our
first baseman, second baseman,

and third baseman,
asked them all,

"Did you say that
I challenged David Wells

to a fight on the field?"
All of them said no.

Man: Thank you, Derek.

Olney: Derek did not want
that story to interrupt

with what was going on with the
Yankees, which was greatness.

Derek:
Their job is to get a headline,

and I wasn’t going to
give it to him.

My job was to make sure our team
was prepared

and our team was ready,

and the only thing
that mattered to us was winning.

I looked at it as a distraction.

Olney:
And to me, the story told more.

I thought it was remarkable
that at 24 years old,

that Derek was enough
of a leader on that team,

that he could go to
a veteran pitcher on the field

and tell him to knock it off
in the way

that he did with David Wells.
Because at that time in ’98,

Derek was emerging
as a leader on that team.

Announcer: One strike away
from win number 114.

Short shortstop,
high hop to Jeter.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Got him by a half a stride.

Announcer #2: There they are,
your 1998 record-setting

New York Yankees.

Congratulations
on a banner season.

Unforgettable season.

Torre: You want pressure?

You know, win 114 games
and understand

what the pressure is,
that you better win.

You start even when you get
the postseason.

Announcer:
Getting to the World Series,

the Cleveland Indians
are going to have something

to say about that.

Announcer #2:
Hit toward the hole.

Jeter backhands
from the outfield grass!

Got him!

[ Cheers and applause ]

Man, what a play!

Jeter:
We knew we had set the record.

We all knew we had to win
a World Series,

otherwise it didn’t
mean anything.

♪

Announcer: Fryman squares
the bunt

and gets it down nicely.

Martinez with the flip
to first.

Safe.

Now the Yankees
are going to contend

as the ball rolls away.

Pick the ball up!
What are you doing?

Pick it up, man!
The guy’s running around

the bases. [ Laughs ]

And Wilson’s
being waved home.

He stumbles.

He slides in safely,
then the Yankees are going

to contend that Fryman
was in the baseline.

But that was
a very poor play.

You have
to go after the ball.

You can’t let the ball roll
10 feet

down the right field line
and no one go pick it up.

Called strike three.

That is a fitting punctuation
to the game.

And Torre sits motionless
on the Yankee bench.

And all of a sudden you realize,
"My God, this team

is now in trouble."

Announcer: And look at that!

There’s your example.

Quarter of the inning,
goodbye.

Olney: They’re down two games
to one to the Indians

because they lose game three.

There’s some panic setting in.

We need to get back
on the stick.

Torre: Game four,
Duque is scheduled to pitch.

We were in
the hotel in Cleveland.

A lot of us were down
there having

our late breakfast, early lunch.
Weren’t enough servers

in the coffee shop,
and it was crowded.

I look over and there’s Duque
helping serve tables.

He’s cleaning dishes off,

helping the waiters
and waitresses.

I had a call from
George Steinbrenner and he says,

"What do you think?"
I said,

"Well, the only thing
I can tell you is

Duque is not going to be
nervous."

Announcer: Well,
he has a lot of pitches,

a variety of pitches,
and he throws them

from a lot
of different angles.

Posada:
When I look back now,

I get nervous now,
you know, watching games.

But back then, it was just --
we were so focused on the things

that we needed to do.

Announcer:
Has a high leg kick.

He hides the ball.

Posada:
El Duque was very focused.

He had a style of pitching.

He knew he can get
certain hitters out,

and he knew we had to pitch
careful to certain hitters.

Announcer: Ramirez likes
the ball out over the plate.

Posada: I remember
Manny Ramirez hitting,

and he didn’t want to pitch
to Manny Ramirez.

Ramirez walks.

Posada:
He wanted him done.

So Vizquel from second
and Ramirez from first

will be running on the pitch.

You’re talking about a guy
that has some balls.

This guy had balls.

Here it comes.
And a long drive to right.

O’Neill.
Back to the wall

with just enough room.

♪

Olney: From that game forward,
they just steamrollered.

Approaches short stop
and throws to Sojo.

Rivera works a quick
and perfect ninth.

But Rivera shuts him down,

and the Yankees win
game five.

[ Cheers and applause ]

A bouncer
out in front of the plate.

Rivera pounces on it.

Onto the World Series!

[ Cheers and applause ]

[ All cheering ]

Reporter: For you, it’s, like,
almost matter-of-fact.

This isn’t even --
You don’t seem that excited.

I don’t seem that excited
because you guys

won’t let me celebrate.

[ Laughter ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Announcer: Autumn in New York.
October baseball.

Announcer #2:
The New York Yankees’

114 victories during
the regular season

against the San Diego Padres.
Knoblauch.

♪

Down the left field line.

Going in the corner
at the wall.

Gone!

Olney:
The Padres were like a fly

standing
in front of a freight train.

Announcer: Bases loaded in
a tied game, 7th inning.

Martinez: It was bases loaded,
and I was just up there,

you know,
two outs, just telling myself,

"Hey, you gotta get this to hit
and hit it."

[ Cheers and applause ]

Just missing
to the run count full,

three and two.

Martinez: It’s one of those
borderline pitches at the knees.

It could be called
a ball or a strike.

I thought it was low
at the time.

And next pitch, I got up
in the zone a little bit.

Martinez down
the right field line!

Grand slam!

[ Cheers and applause ]

Kay: As the ball’s going into
the upper deck,

the camera catches it,

and you see the people
throwing their beer in the air.

Just utter joy.

Derek Jeter
with his reaction.

Kay: The Yankees didn’t look
back from that point on.

They crushed the Padres.
They just crushed their spirit.

Trevor Hoffman
with that high leg kick.

Trevor Hoffman was a great
Hall of Fame reliever,

their best reliever
on the mound.

They had a lead, and Brosius
just rocked their world.

Now the 2-2
to Brosius.

In to center field
Well hit!

Finley back,
at the track, at the wall!

A 3-run home run
for Scott Brosius.

Torre: He threw up both arms
as hit first base.

I said to them,

I said, "That’s the cover of
Sports Illustrated

right there."

And just like that,
the Yankees take a 5-3

8th inning lead.
Brian Cashman

trying his hardest
not to root.

Swing, rounds to third.

Brosius, fittingly
with the throw,

and the Yankees
have done it again!

Number 24.

Jeter: We won 125 games.

And then to top it off
with the World Series,

we realized, you know,
this was a special group.

People can debate which team
is better than which,

but you put that team up there
with any team --

at least I would.

Cone: To me, the entire roster
was the best roster

in the history of the game,
in my mind.

That team deserves to be
in the argument,

and I’ll take that entire roster
against any team ever.

Jeter: I don’t think there’s a
person in the world

that has been more spoiled
than I’ve been.

[ Cheers and applause ]

I’m playing in the best city
with the best owner,

the best manager, and in front
of the best fans in the world.

Murti: Derek Jeter --
all the young stars,

these are players that were
instrumental in leading them

to the World Series
championship,

putting millions and millions
of dollars in their pockets,

as an organization,
are now at a point in time

where it’s their turn
to earn some money.

The Yankees and Derek Jeter
exchanged salary figures

today in Tampa.
Jeter made $750,000 last year.

He’s asking for $5 million.

The Yanks have offered
$3.2 million.

An arbitrator will decide
tomorrow which figure he gets.

Murti: The arbitration hearing’s
a rough place.

After helping put
the Yankees brand back

where it belongs
and helping win championships,

they’re now sitting across
the table from you in a room

trying to tell you
why you’re not worth

the amount of money you want.

That can certainly
create some friction.

Jeter: It opens your eyes
to now understanding

that baseball is a business.

I thought I was doing
a good job.

But then for the first time,
you’re hearing

that you’re not as good
as you may think.

You know, they focused on the
fact that I didn’t hit home
runs.

So that was really
the first time that I dealt with

direct conversations
with Cashman

about how he felt
about me as a player.

And I remember hearing, "Hey,
you’re disrespecting,

you know, the player."
And that’s the fine line,

because everybody has different
opinions on on value.

But there’s one thing that
there’s unquestionable

is the impact Derek Jeter had

on the New York Yankees
organization.

Reporter: Derek Jeter won his
$5 million arbitration case.

He says he’s happy
with the result,

but admits the process
was difficult.

Obviously, playing in New York,
you’re used to criticism,

so you understand
it’s a business part.

Olney:
And I’ll never forget Derek,

after he won that hearing,
there was a flash of a smile --

that was very satisfying for him
to beat the Yankees.

And the ESPY goes to...

the fabulous boys of summer,
the New York Yankees.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Murti: I think Derek Jeter
remembers everything.

It’s not
in the front of his mind,

but it’s going to be
in the back of his mind.

When the guy
who is signing your check

tells you you’re not as good
as you think you are.

I think that’s going to stick
in his craw.

I don’t think he ever forgot
any of those.

This has been a great night
and I’m very proud

of all these athletes,
and I’m sure you are, too.

And this one’s for you,
New York.

Jeter:
You know, if someone doubts me,

okay, I hear you.
But now I’m gonna turn that off

because I don’t want
to think about it.

You know,
I didn’t talk about it,

didn’t tell people about it,

but I have a list in my head
of people who doubted.

I remember exactly what you said
and when you said it

and what you were wearing
when you said it.

Come on, Jeter. Let’s go.

You want to hear from Jeter?

[ Cheers and applause ]

See, once again, the boss man
is being kind to me,

because I went
to arbitration today.

I proved so and so wrong, right?
So you check them off the list,

and then now, I’m moving
to the next one.

It’s the same thing
when you play a season

and you win a World Series.

For me, it’s okay.
You celebrate for a week or two

and then it’s, "Bam, let’s go."
It’s the next one.

It was a team
that thrived on competition

and went out every day to win,

so I think there’s not
a more deserving team

of this award.
Thank you very much.

Jeter: I never thought, "They
don’t like me as a player."

They just didn’t like me
as much as we asked to get paid.

My mind then turned to me
against the front office,

started down that path

of not having
a great personal relationship

with some members
of the front office.

You know, one thing with me,
I’m very, very loyal --

very loyal. But loyalty
one way is stupidity.

You know, I expect
the same thing in return,

and if I feel as though
you’re taking advantage

or trying to take
advantage of me,

I’m done.

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How are you? Derek.
Yeah. Adrian.

Adrian, nice to
meet you, man.

[ Bat cracks ]

Who was your favorite
team to beat?

Boston.
Boston?

Yes, Boston.
Yeah, I know why.

Are you allowed to
go to Boston anymore?

Ever since I retired, they’ve
been very, very nice to me.

Oh, really?
Yes.

They softened up.
[ Chuckles ]

What’s it like to lose
in front of so many people?

It does not feel good.
Yep.

Nice to meet you,
my friend? Great job, man.

Oh, I got something
to show you.

And good luck.
Oh, wow.

That’s a long time ago.
That’s your first card.

Yeah.
Hey, thank you.

You’re my idol, bro.
Thanks.

I really
appreciate it, man.

Nice to meet you,
all right?

Good luck.

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