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about interviewing Derek Jeter was his humor.

He kept the set lively. It was fun.

A lot of jokes were being passed around.

And we used some of those moments in the film.

People mentioned it, but to actual see it in person

and to feel it and be the recipient of it

and push back on him and give him some of his own medicine

really made the interviews great

and it made the experience great.

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but that’s something you have to learn.

Announcer: They’ve been here for the whole ride.

Sanderson: I wanted him to be competitive.

We told him that, "Derek, you know,

if you want to be successful, you’ve got to be able

to overcome different things in your life.

Sometimes there are things that gets in your path,

but, you know, somehow you have to navigate.

You have to, you know, find ways of dealing with it."

Announcer: The 1-2.

Swing and a miss. Jeter down on strikes.

Jeter: We won four out of five.

So where are you gonna go after that?

There’s nowhere else to go. You got to stay there.

Otherwise, you waste a year of your career.

But it gets hard, man.

You play this game long enough,

you’re gonna struggle a little bit.

You have to be able to deal with ups and downs.

You have to evolve.

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[ Crowd cheering ]

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[ Crowd cheering ]

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[ Camera shutters clicking ]

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Crowd: Der-ek Jet-er!

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

[ Sirens wailing ]

Man #1: This just in to our newsroom.

A plane has crashed into the World Trade Center.

Man #2: My heavens. There is smoke now billowing

out of the top of the World Trade Center.

Man #3: That is about as frightening a scene

as you will ever see.

[ Sirens wailing ]

Jeter: It was, you know, are we under attack?

You know what I mean?

It’s, like, call your family, make sure they’re alright.

Do we have to get out of New York?

You know, what’s gonna happen next?

[ Sirens wailing ]

[ Woman sobbing ]

Martinez: My window looked towards the World Trade Center.

So I watched it and I saw it go down,

and I was like, "Okay, I’m getting out of here."

I was living on the 34th floor of an apartment building.

So I put my clothes on, went downstairs,

went outside, and I lost phone service

and didn’t know what to do the rest of the day.

I just walked around aimlessly.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Posada: My son was going through operations.

We are in the hospital.

I see beds that were waiting for people to come in,

you know, injured.

Nobody’s coming.

There’s no injured people coming to the hospital.

Just everybody was -- was dead.

Uh, it was hard. Really, really hard.

Man: This is just a horrific scene and a horrific moment.

Jeter: I remember walking outside of my apartment.

Now, New York is known for the noise and the traffic.

It was like something of a movie set.

It was like everyone’s walking down the middle of the street.

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And no one was saying anything. So it was complete silence.

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No one knew what to do.

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Williams: I just remember this eerie sense

of uncertainty and stress and tension.

Baseball was the last thing

that I could possibly be thinking at the time.

Man: Good Lord.

Curry: Everyone was numb. Everything stopped.

And I think we all were wondering, what’s the next step?

♪

Jeter: A group of us went down to Ground Zero,

seeing all the families looking for loved ones that were lost,

not knowing what to say to them.

Uh...

I remember being very uncomfortable.

Like, what -- what are we gonna do?

You know, baseball players down here?

Williams: When we showed up,

the buzz that started happening

was more in the sense like,

"The Yankees are here. The Yankees are here."

The whole attitude in the place changed

for at least a moment.

Jeter: You start speaking to some of these families,

and they’re sharing stories

of their missing family members, friends,

saying how they were big Yankee fans.

And, um, I think that’s when we realized

our role was to bring some sense of joy to people.

Tirado: I remember I started to feel isolated with a lot of anxiety.

I remember just listening to Yankee highlights,

was what essentially, at least for me,

got me into some sort of normalcy.

Jeter: We were truly playing

for something way, way, way bigger

than -- than just baseball in the Yankee organization.

Announcer: Welcome to Comiskey Park.

We return to baseball on the South Side of Chicago.

Jeter: It’s the first time I think that I really noticed

emotions and baseball mixing at the same time.

You realize that this is bigger than -- than just a game.

♪

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Crowd chatter ]

Announcer: Jeter’s hitting line drives all over the joint.

Lebron: And it was imperative

that I check on how the Yankees were doing

because, although I was preparing for war,

the small thing like checking to see if the Yankees were winning

gave me a huge morale boost.

Announcer: The Yankees have clinched the East.

Lifts my spirits. It’s the thing to do right now.

I think it’s the best medicine for New York

that New York can get right now.

And it shows. New York is showing it.

Verducci: The emotions after 9/11, you can’t discount that.

I mean, these guys were playing for something bigger.

But, man, you could almost feel the toll it was taking

because of their age.

Older team, this group knew there were guys

who were not going to be coming back to the Yankees

or to baseball again.

They knew it was sort of their last run.

Announcer: Well, Oakland A’s lead the Yankees

two games to nothing in this best-of-five series.

Murti: The Yankees are in a tough spot.

They’ve lost a couple of games to the Oakland A’s, at home,

and now they’re going out to Oakland.

Get one game, and the Yankees are dead.

That’s all you had to do.

Announcer: And a solo home run

into left field by Jorge Posada!

And New York a 1-0 lead.

Both pitchers have been fabulous --

Mussina, one pitch better.

Murti: Seventh inning. Runner on first. Two outs.

Game’s on the line here.

Announcer: And now comes Terrence Long.

I mean, we’re on the verge of being eliminated.

If they tie the game, you never know what’s gonna happen.

Announcer: Ready. Here’s the set and the pitch to Long.

That is fair down the right-field line.

Giambi on his way to third.

And they’re gonna wave him around!

The throw misses the cut-off man.

Shoveled to the plate! Out at the plate!

Announcer #2: Oh, he is out! What a play by Derek Jeter!

Announcer: Derek Jeter with one of the most unbelievable plays

you will ever see by a shortstop!

I don’t think anyone knew what happened at first.

You know, I think people were in shock,

especially on their side.

Just look at their dugout.

Curry: Here comes Derek Jeter

swooping over from shortstop.

I had never seen a baseball play like that.

Announcer: That’s about as good a play as you’ll ever see!

As a shortstop, you know, I got to read the play.

In this particular situation,

Spence overthrew both cut-off men.

So I’m the third cut-off man.

I improvised the flip play,

but I was in the area that I was supposed to be.

The only thing going through my head is,

"I got to get it to Jorge as soon as possible."

If you see me, I’m going out to get the ball

to throw the ball to second base.

Then out of the corner of my eye, I see him running,

and then I go back to the plate and I just like --

I mean, I just went like that.

Thank God he doesn’t slide because if he slides he’s safe.

Williams: It was all about Derek’s presence of mind,

what I call this elastic, improvising kind of attitude.

I think it’s more of an artist kind of quality.

That was a thing of beauty.

Murti: Everybody likes to call that play

a play of great instinct by Derek Jeter.

It’s not a play of instinct.

It’s a play of practice,

preparation, and understanding the moment.

Announcer: Boy, does Jeter always seem to just step up

when his team needs it most.

I think it probably did change the series.

Announcer: Soriano’s got it,

and the Yankees live to play another day.

I don’t remember the score of the next game after that.

I don’t remember the next day’s score.

Announcer: We’re going back to the Bronx for game 5.

Jeter: It’s funny how that happens, right?

You remember that play and that game...

[Laughing] I can’t tell you anything about the next two.

Announcer: 1-1 to Terrence Long.

Popped up. Third-base side.

Brosius and Jeter both over.

Jeter! Did he get it?! Did he get it?!

Did he get it?! He got it! He got it!

Announcer #2: Unbelievable, this guy.

Announcer: The New York Yankees have risen from the dead.

And coming from a 2-0 deficit,

this is the most emotional demonstration.

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The Yankees had a tough road to get back to the World Series.

They were facing a Seattle team that won 116 games.

The Yankees took care of them pretty quickly.

Buck: Cameron.

Yankees, for the fourth year in a row,

have a date with the Fall Classic.

I have never been prouder of a group of men in my life.

Whatever motivated us,

I know the "NY" on your cap did a great deal of it

because of what went on September 11th.

God bless you.

[ Players cheering ]

♪

Buck: The New York Yankees trying

for their fourth consecutive World Series title.

This is the first major championship

to be played for on this soil since September the 11th.

We got to that World Series, man,

it was -- it was exhausting.

And then playing Arizona

and we’re facing Schilling and Randy Johnson.

Announcer: Throws a complete-game, 3-hit shutout

to give the Arizona Diamondbacks

a 2-games-to-none lead in this World Series.

Williams: I don’t believe that we were tired physically,

mentally either.

But I think the whole thing sort of took a toll emotionally,

collectively, as a team.

Buck: One thing we know about the Yankees, they do not panic.

Curry: Ground Zero was still smoldering.

They want you to represent what it means

to get up off the ground when you’ve been badly hurt.

And the President of United States is on the premises.

There were snipers on the rooftop.

The weight you feel on your shoulders

as a player in New York.

I remember President Bush coming in

and wanting to find a place to throw.

And I said, "Mr. President, if you go out the door,

turn to the right, you’re gonna go about 100 yards.

Our batting cage is down there."

He wanted to make small talk with D. J.,

and he’s like, "Derek, any pointers?"

And I think D. J. told him,

"This is New York and Yankee Stadium.

If you bounce it, Mr. President,

they’re probably gonna boo you."

And I think he said, "Oh, man, I’m nervous now."

P. A. announcer: The President of the United States.

Announcer: Perfect strike, as he gets a thunderous ovation.

Buck: The Yankees turned to Roger Clemens.

He has struck out nine tonight.

Torre: You know, Roger wins a dandy for us.

He wins game 3, which was huge.

Announcer: Th-e-e-e-e Yankees win!

Buck: Game 4.

Announcer: 3-1, Arizona. Bottom of the ninth.

Buck: Trying to go up in this series, 3 games to 1.

There’s some strange things that happened in Yankee Stadium.

Buck: So now it’s the tying run at the plate

in the person of Tino Martinez,

and the Diamondbacks are one out away.

Jeter: I don’t know if you can explain it.

It just seems like just when you think

you’ve seen it all, the ghosts show up.

And when you use the words "mystique" and "aura,"

those are dancers in a nightclub.

Those aren’t things that we concern ourselves with.

Announcer: One on. Two out.

Pitch is swung on and drilled to deep right center!

It is high! It is far!

It is gone!

The Bam-tino with two outs in the bottom of the ninth!

And the Yankees, on the precipice of defeat,

tie the game at 3!

Yeah, I guess the ghosts did come out that time.

And so did 55,000 other people.

Announcer: At the end of nine and a half,

Yankees, 3, Diamondbacks, 3.

Martinez: We came off the field. I put my glove down.

Derek came running, threw his glove down,

and said, "This game’s over."

And I said, "Alright. Whatever."

Yeah, I probably said it.

[ Bell chimes ]

Buck: These chimes mean it is November.

For the first time in the history of Major League Baseball

playing the World Series during the month of November.

Jeter: In November, Mr. T’s contract was up,

and he used to always hold my bat.

And as I was coming up to go on deck,

I told him, I said, "Listen.

In a few minutes, you’re gonna have no contract.

This is the last time I have to listen to you.

So you better put a hit in there."

Buck: Byung-hyun Kim trying to send this game to the 11th.

Jeter: Kim threw sidearm.

I hate sidearm pitchers my entire career.

Didn’t see ’em, couldn’t pick ’em up, didn’t like ’em.

Buck: Down the right-field line, slicing foul.

Jeter: Fouling some pitches off,

and as the at bat went on and on,

I started to see him a little bit better.

Announcer: "Mr. November." [ Laughs ]

Buck: Somebody has to be.

McCarver: Derek’s mom and dad in attendance.

Announcer: 3-2 pitch.

Swung on and drilled to right field.

Going back, Sanders. On the track, at the wall.

See ya! See ya! See ya!

A home run by Derek Jeter!

Ohh! Oh, what a ballgame!

A game-winning walkoff home run by Derek Jeter!

He is Mr. November!

Jeter: Like, every dream you have as a child

is in the backyard

you’re hitting a home run in the World Series.

It happened so quick.

Buck: And on a cool November morning,

Derek Jeter ends a thrilling night of baseball.

Murti: And this crowd was going crazy.

They’re looking for an emotional release.

It’s insanity.

The Yankees are back. We’re 2-2.

And the World Series is back in their favor.

Announcer: Yankee Stadium. Game 5.

The swing game in the World Series.

And, boy, it’s gonna be tough to have an encore

because last night was about as good as it gets.

2-0. Bottom of the ninth inning.

And surprise of surprise --

After throwing 72 pitches yesterday,

Byung-hyun Kim trying to nail this down.

Buck: Now it’s up to Brosius for New York.

Brosius hits one into left.

Back. At the wall.

The Yankees have tied it again!

Announcer: I don’t believe it!

Déjà vu!

A two-out, game-tying two-run home run

by Scott Brosius!

Jeter: "Can you believe this...?"

That’s what’s going through my mind. Seriously.

"It just happened again?"

Announcer: The Yankees rise from the absolute dead.

We go to extra innings tied at 2.

Buck: Now it’s the rookie Alfonso Soriano.

[ Soriano speaking Spanish ]

Buck: On 2-1.

Into right field. Base hit.

Here comes Knoblauch.

The throw by Sanders.

Play at the plate. Yankees win.

They lead the series, three games to two.

Announcer: They did it again! The Yankees win!

Oh, my! Another miracle in the Bronx!

Williams: Those two games gave the city what it needed,

that bolt of energy.

To me, I felt at the time

that it was just a sign of great things to come.

McCarver: These last two games defy description.

Jeter: Then you just know.

We’re like, "We’re destined to win this World Series."

I mean, I don’t care what anyone says.

We were supposed to.

Announcer: The Arizona Diamondbacks

score 15 runs.

Buck: Game 6 belongs to Arizona,

forcing game 7 tomorrow night.

Posada: You know, you forget about game 6,

and you, like, look forward to game 7.

Buck: Here in game 7, it’s 1-1 in the eighth.

Curt Schilling to Alfonso Soriano.

Announcer: Here’s the 0-2.

Swung on and hit in the air to deep left.

It is high! It is far!

It is gone!

Alfonso Soriano has given the Yankees a 2-1 lead.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

Announcer: And the Yankees are six outs away

from winning their fourth straight world championship.

It’s over. There we go.

That’s it.

We just won four in a row.

Buck: Bottom of the ninth inning.

Last chance for the Diamondbacks, down 2-1.

Williams: I mean, that was just the epitome of, you know,

what we call championship baseball,

you know, putting ourselves in a position that we could strike

and, if the opportunity comes, take advantage of it

and have Mariano shutting things down for us.

If you tell me, "Mariano, did you know that you were winning?"

I said, "Man, it’s no doubt.

There’s no doubt that we’re winning this."

Jeter: Man, I’m at shortstop thinking about,

"Okay, what am I gonna say in the post-game press conference?

We’ve just won four in a row."

Buck: Into center field. A good start for Arizona.

The bunt by Miller.

Throw to second. Into center field.

McCarver: And a scary moment for Derek Jeter.

Buck: The bunt to Rivera. Throws to third. Out.

Rivera: I was waiting the ball to cross the field

because if he would’ve thrown the ball to first base,

he’s out by 10 feet.

McCarver: Jay Bell’s about halfway down the line.

This thing is shifting.

I don’t know why, but I don’t --

I don’t feel what I -- what I was feeling before.

Buck: Two on, one out.

And Womack into right field! A hit!

Tony Womack delivers. It’s 2-2.

Announcer: And that is Rivera’s first postseason blown save

since 1997.

Jeter: If you went and told any team in baseball,

"Hey, look. Put you in game 7 of the World Series

in the bottom of the ninth with a one-run lead

with ’Mo’ on the mound."

Everyone takes that.

Buck: Hit by the pitch. And the bases are loaded.

The chance of a lifetime for Luis Gonzalez.

Infield in. One out.

Announcer: And the 0-1 delivery.

And a little blooper. Base hit!

Diamondbacks win!

The Diamondbacks have unseated the New York Yankees

as the world champions!

Rivera: I lost the World Series.

And, uh, it felt horrible.

Guys, if I have to express

or define the feeling about that, it was horrible.

Williams: Out of everything we have done,

knowing that we were playing for something

that transcended us, the team.

It was not about the Yankees.

It was about something bigger than us.

And I really wanted this so bad.

Jeter: It was the most devastating thing

that I’ve been a part of at the Major League level.

I felt like they’re on the field celebrating what is ours.

And...

Devastating.

Pissed off.

Yeah, man, it was -- it was -- That was rough.

Olney: Every person that I talked to

who saw Derek in the trainer’s room

said that he was fuming.

He was so angry that they lost.

The other guys were seemingly at peace,

looking at the big picture, "We’ve had a great run here,"

where Derek, absolutely shocked

that in the end they didn’t figure out a way to win,

because he always wins.

Bird: He took it rough.

That was a tough off-season down in Tampa.

Didn’t even utter baseball. He was moody. Very moody.

Yeah, I guess "moody" is a good way to put it.

Didn’t sleep, shaking your head.

Didn’t want to talk to anybody. You’re just disappointed.

And that mind-set is why

that group was able to win all those championships,

because I’m guessing a lot of teams would probably have said,

"Hey, well, we won three.

That’s okay. You can’t win ’em all."

No. No, no, no, no, no.

Verducci: The greatest thing you can have

is never being satisfied with success.

As much as you win, it’s never enough.

I think Michael, Tiger, Derek,

they were wired that way.

Jordan: I appreciate him as a competitor.

He wanted no faults in his game.

To me, that’s a champion, willing to look at himself

and say, "How can I be better?

How can I inspire other players?"

And Derek always had that mentality.

It’s that love for the game of baseball.

That dude is a winner, and he’s always been a winner.

Olney: After the 2001 season,

Paul O’Neill retires, Scott Brosius retires,

Tino Martinez goes off to another team,

and Derek has now become one of the veterans on the team.

And I think at that point it’s really his team.

Their loss in the 2001 World Series

infuriates George Steinbrenner,

and he tells Brian Cashman,

"Look. We did it your way. That didn’t work."

And so he’s gonna do it his way going forward,

which is the import of all of these outside players.

I think the clubhouse culture changed dramatically.

It felt like a lot of Island of Misfit Toys situation,

as opposed to a team fitting together.

Announcer: 1-0 to Nick Johnson.

Popped up.

The Anaheim Angels

knock off the four-time reigning American League champions.

Olney: One of the hallmarks of George Steinbrenner

as owner of the Yankees was he was not afraid

to call out star players on the team in the media.

And that was at a time when stories would pop up

about Derek is seen with this actress

or he’s seen with this person or he’s seen with that person.

I think George was upset.

He said, "You are not locked in the way that you need to be."

George wanted his pound of flesh a little bit.

Jeter: You know, I used to meet with The Boss every off-season

because we were both in Tampa.

So I go see him, and he tells me, he said,

"Listen, I don’t want to hear about you being

at a birthday party till 3:00 in the morning."

And I was like, "Alright." Not really that big of a deal.

And one of the members of the media asked me,

"Are you doing anything differently this off-season?"

I said, "No, I’m doing everything the same.

I’m here early, I’m working out, getting ready for next season."

The next day, the headline was "Party On!"

I "refused to change my partying ways to please The Boss."

Waldman: It became a thing,

that Derek was a party animal.

And George knew Derek wasn’t a party animal.

Everybody knew Derek wasn’t a party animal.

Jeter: I said, "Look, you know, you started this story, right?

Now you have to end it.

You’re the one that came out and mentioned this.

So go and you fix it."

And he starts yelling at me.

"I thought you were coming in here to apologize

for getting me in the paper." And I said, "Me apologize?"

So we’re going back and forth. We’re yelling.

I’m actually -- I walk out of his office,

and he slaps me on the back.

And I look, and all the employees

have their heads in the hallway

’cause they’re listening to us go back and forth.

Close: Right about that time,

we were doing a potential new advertising campaign with Visa.

I got a call

from someone connected with this Visa commercial,

and they’re coming to me for Mr. Steinbrenner.

Close: This might be an interesting twist.

"You, too, Boss, can be part of the commercial."

So, then I dislocated my shoulder

on opening day in Toronto.

Announcer: Jeter may be hurt.

And they got him as Jeter came off the bag.

Went back to Tampa to rehab.

That’s when we filmed the Visa commercial.

Come on in, Derek. You’re our starting shortstop.

How can you possibly afford

to spend two nights dancing, two nights eating out,

and three nights just carousing with your friends?

[ Drum roll ]

Ohh! Announcer: If you want to enjoy the New York...

I’m probably one of the few people in the world

to ever see them dance in a conga line.

He would only do it once. He said they’d better get it

’cause he wasn’t gonna do it again.

You know, we got into it a couple times, you know?

But it was healthy.

You know, a few weeks later, I went back to New York,

and this was Hideki Matsui’s first season with the Yankees.

So I said, "Okay. I’m gonna have Matsu over.

I’m gonna invite all my teammates.

We’re gonna take him out afterwards."

There’s 10, 15 teammates all at this club in New York.

Next day, back page, picture of me...

saying that Derek’s out on the town.

We fly to Cincinnati.

I get a message from our PR guy

saying, "The Boss wants to speak to you."

I’m like, "Damn. I’m in trouble."

He called me to name me captain.

Cashman: We’re very proud to introduce

the 11th captain of the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter.

[ Applause ]

Jeter: Well, I don’t know why, you know, he chose it.

He just said that he thought that this was the time.

I remember George calling me,

and he says, "I’m gonna name Derek captain."

Something was happening between the two,

and he wanted to fix it.

Well, obviously, it goes without saying

how great of an honor it is for me to be here

and be named the 11th captain in Yankee history.

I mean, you know, I’m a Yankee historian,

so, you know, Lou Gehrig...

Thurman Munson...

Willo, Nettles...

Guidry, Donnie.

It’s not a title thrown around too lightly.

Randolph: Very few of us get that opportunity

being given that responsibility to help lead that team.

It was just -- just a real sense of pride

being a part of a small group of great Yankee captains.

I took that responsibility seriously.

You know, Derek Jeter, if they had named him captain

three years ago, that would have been the right time.

There’s nothing I would have done differently

if I were not the captain.

I tried to lead by example,

and, you know, I tried to get to know my teammates.

Just because you’re in a position of power

doesn’t mean people are gonna listen to you.

They may hear you. It doesn’t mean

they’re gonna listen to you and respect you.

You got to take the time

to get to know people that you’re leading.

You know, I like to operate with people privately.

Don’t do it because everyone’s watching you.

You don’t do it because cameras are on.

But you do what you feel is right to help the team.

Announcer: Hit high in the air to left field.

Going to the corner, Yastrzemski.

It’s over the wall!

It’s a home run for Bucky Dent!

If there’s one thing you need to know about the Boston Red Sox,

it’s that they’re always short of the Yankees,

not quite trying to win.

They would complain.

They’d bitch about not winning since 1918.

Verducci: It really began to change

when a new ownership group came into Boston.

We will extinguish the Curse of the Bambino.

Our focus was on constructing

a championship-caliber team, you know,

with hungry players who are fearless.

Olney: And they were talking a big game.

Larry Lucchino refers to them as the Evil Empire.

Steinbrenner: I’m a little upset when they call the New York Yankees

an evil empire. Do you like it?

Announcer: And it hit him.

So Pedro’s gonna come inside today.

We didn’t like ’em. They didn’t like us.

I don’t hate the Yankees. You know?

You know, I didn’t like the word "hate."

We hated each other. We really did.

Announcer: Here’s the pitch to Manny.

There’s a fly ball deep down the left-field line,

into the upper deck!

But Red Sox, you know, they have a good team now.

You know, every time we played those guys, man,

it was -- it seemed like it was life or death.

Announcer: We could have some trouble here this afternoon.

They’re not going away, and we know we weren’t going away.

Epstein: We weren’t obsessed with them. We didn’t fear them.

Let’s focus on kicking their ass on the field.

Buck: One of the fiercest rivalries in all of sports --

Boston and New York.

Announcer: This is why players play,

why writers write, and why fans are fans.

Jeter: You couldn’t help to notice

that it was different than any other series.

It was built up like it was the end of the world.

This is almost like the World Series, really.

I think they were tired of hearing about us.

Announcer: Pitch is swung on, and there’s a drive! Way back!

We were an incredible offensive juggernaut.

Announcer: Another Boston home run.

It’s in there. Called strike three.

And this one’s over.

Jeter: Two best teams in baseball.

Announcer: Ground ball to short.

Jeter touches second, throws to first.

Double play.

And, boy, did the Yankees need that.

Struck him out swinging. Fastball up.

Buck: And this series

is tied at a game apiece going to Fenway.

McCarver: You’re gonna see a few hitters straightened up, too,

with Pedro Martinez and Roger Clemens

pitching against one another.

All that hype played a part,

and you can feel it on the field.

No one wants to make a mistake.

Announcer: Curveball. That one is hit

high and deep to left field.

That one is way back there, and it is over everything!

That’s into the corner, and that is really rocked.

Buck: And the Yankees are figuring out Pedro Martinez

here in this fourth inning.

We were on him. We had great at bats against him.

Garcia.

Takes one over his head and shoots a look out at Pedro.

Garcia’s not happy.

I wish Karim would’ve charged the mound.

We were ready. I mean, everybody was screaming at him.

Announcer: And the Yankees are out of the dugout.

I hated him.

McCarver: Martinez now pointing.

That’s the wrong thing to do.

He’s not saying to use your head.

He’s saying, "I’ll hit you in the head."

Clemens: I got the magic bullet now. It’s in my court.

Somebody’s gonna eat one before it’s over.

Announcer: Ramirez. And look at Ramirez. There he goes.

And everybody’s up. Bullpens are emptying.

Posada: I don’t know where Pedro went.

I was looking for him all over the place.

Next thing you know, we see this bald-headed man

go flying across the field.

Announcer: Oh, my gosh. Don Zimmer went after Pedro.

And Pedro threw him down!

You know, you see a bald head. I thought it was David Wells.

Announcer: Don Zimmer, bench coach of the Yankees.

He’s 72 years old.

I don’t think Zimmer was the right guy to go after Pedro.

Man: Who was the right guy to go after him?

[Chuckling] Anybody. Anybody but Zimm.

Announcer: And the Yankees have won the ballgame, 4-3.

Everybody knew at the start of this game

it was likely to get hot,

but nobody thought it was gonna look like this.

If that happened in New York,

we would have arrested the perpetrator.

Nobody should throw a 70-year-old man to the ground.

Man: It was in the ninth inning

that another fight erupted in the bullpen.

New York pitcher Jeff Nelson and Karim Garcia

in a fight with a part-time Red Sox employee.

We’ve upgraded it from a battle to a war.

Announcer: 2-2 pitch.

Swing, and there’s a long drive!

It is gone! A home run!

Bryant: What the Yankees and the Red Sox did

against each other, to each other, for each other

was the most remarkable period of baseball in my life.

Announcer: The series just won’t die, will it?

Varitek to short. Jeter knocks it down.

Jeter gets the out!

What a play by Derek Jeter!

Announcer: Watching these Red Sox, You wouldn’t know

that they were down 3-2.

Buck: That’s hammered into left field.

Varitek into the upper deck.

Bryant: The Red Sox -- not only are they not afraid of these guys,

they might be better.

Buck: Nixon hammers one to deep right.

It’s 9-6 Boston.

Bryant: Really first time the Red Sox instilled fear

into the hearts of the New York Yankees.

Garciaparra: There was just this belief

that it’s our time, we’re gonna get there,

we’re gonna be part of the greatest World Series ever.

Because at the time, the Cubs were competing.

And it was like, "Oh, yeah, they’re gonna do it,

we’re gonna do it, and we’re gonna play them."

For me, it was business as usual.

Announcer: Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.

Clemens and Pedro Martinez.

The Curse will be on the line.

You could feel the electricity.

Something’s gonna happen tonight.

Buck: Nixon into right center field.

The Red Sox strike first.

Home run, Millar.

It’s 4-0, Boston.

Here comes Joe Torre, and that is it for Roger Clemens.

Clemens: Really upset in that locker room.

You know, is the season gonna be over, is it not?

You got Pedro out there. He’s one of the best.

Buck: Jeter strikes out.

You don’t want to fall behind Pedro.

Announcer: Ortiz hits a long drive to right.

Back is Garcia on the track, at the wall.

It’s gone! Boston has a 5-2 lead.

Feinsand: It was a morgue. It didn’t seem like

there was much faith that they were going to come back.

Pedro had given a Herculean effort coming off the mound,

pointing up to the heavens,

and getting his hugs in the dugout and stuff.

That’s usually it for the pitcher.

Announcer: Boy, is it strange

that Little is not going to his bullpen?

Buck: And with one out here in the bottom of the eighth inning,

he works to Derek Jeter.

Jeter: When I’m actually playing,

I don’t really get nervous because my mind would go,

"Something good’s gonna happen."

Plus, it was Boston at the time.

You don’t ever say it, but you think

they’ll find a way to screw it up.

Buck: The Red Sox five defensive outs away

from heading to the World Series.

Announcer: The pitch is swung on and lined to deep right field.

Nixon going back, way back. And it’s over his head.

Jeter goes to second and holds on with a double.

Jeter: So it’s not like we had to say it.

But you think in your head like, "Something’s gonna happen."

Garciaparra: And I think going into game 7 was weird

because the Cubs lost.

And I was like, "Uh...uh-oh."

Announcer: Base hit!

Jeter rounds third. He’ll score.

And the Red Sox have a 5-3 lead.

Buck: Grady Little out of the dugout.

With 115 pitches on the night,

Grady Little is gonna stick with his starter.

Announcer: I’m amazed at Grady Little.

Epstein: Grady’s closer to the players than anybody else,

and he believed in Pedro

a lot more than the relievers we had available.

But...yeah, of course, everyone in that ballpark

thought that was it at that point.

Announcer: Now Pedro holds his set and deals.

Lined like a bullet. It’s a ground-rule double.

The Yankees are a single away from tying the game.

Buck: And he stays out for Posada.

Jorge had never had success off Pedro. I mean, none.

Probably the best pitcher that I have ever faced.

Buck: Breaking ball for a strike.

Posada: I told Derek, "I really feel like

he knows what I’m thinking."

And he starts laughing. He said, "No."

He said, "Stop guessing. You know, look for the ball."

Jeter: But you could tell, man, especially considering

what had happened during the whole brawl

and Pedro pointing at his head and Jorge wanting to fight him.

I felt like something good was gonna happen.

Announcer: It’ll be a 2-2.

Swung on and looped to shallow center field.

It is a base hit!

One run scores! Bernie!

Here’s Matsui! He scores!

Posada goes to second.

And the Yankees have come all the way back

in one of the greatest comebacks you’ll ever see!

Buck: And now in a tie game,

the Yankees bring in Mariano Rivera.

I said, "Well, Lord, I’m here."

Pitched the ninth.

Pitched the tenth.

Pitched the eleventh.

Buck: Three shutout innings for Mariano Rivera

sets up the bottom of the eleventh in game 7.

Rivera: When I came back to the dugout,

Mel says, "Mo, you’re done." I said, "I’m done with what?"

"You’re done pitching." I said, "No. I’m not done."

But he said not to worry because we’re gonna win.

Announcer: Here’s Aaron Boone to lead off.

Buck: Aaron Boone picked up at the trading deadline

from Cincinnati.

Aaron didn’t start the game. He was struggling.

Randolph: He’s a little pissed off.

Threw batting practice to him. I say, "Listen, man.

You’re gonna be my pick to click tonight.

Stay ready, ’cause you never know."

Torre: The only thing I said to him --

"Just go up there and try to hit a single to right field."

[ Crowd cheering ]

Announcer: Aaron Boone has hit a home run!

Ballgame over!

American League Championship Series over!

Yankees win! Th-e-e-e-e Yankees win!

♪

Aaron Boone, man. Aaron freaking Boone.

[ Laughs ]

There was just so much in that game.

You see Aaron Boone rounding the bases...

yet a Yankee pitcher is on the mound.

Rivera: I think before that thing was out,

I was on the mound.

I was thinking the Lord

for giving us the victory.

No doubt, I thought we were gonna win that game.

Never crossed my mind we weren’t.

Man: Why?

It’s Boston.

Bryant: You look over in the press box,

Randy Levine looks at the field.

Randy Levine behind Joe.

And he shakes his fist and he says,

"Take that, you 1918 pieces of...!"

There’s The Boss in his sunglasses,

and he’s waving at the Red Sox bus.

"We win again!"

Epstein: You know, from where we sat,

it was, oh, look at these buttoned-up, entitled,

elitist lords of the realm here.

Losing to those guys in that way, you know,

made it hurt even more.

You know, we’re gonna use this to motivate us for next year,

and we’re never gonna let this happen again.

[ Crowd cheering ]

Announcer: Here we go. The 2003 World Series is under way.

There wasn’t as much energy in the building for game 1.

Announcer: Line drive. Base hit.

Two-run single, and the Marlins lead, 3-1.

A line drive just out of Jeter’s reach.

Did we come out a little flat? Maybe, but that’s our fault.

After the emotional and draining ALCS,

it was almost as if the World Series

kind of caught them by surprise.

Announcer: And the Florida Marlins

have defeated the New York Yankees

in game 1 of this World Series.

You know, the Marlins came to play.

The Marlins were young. They were cocky.

Announcer: Swing and a drive down the left field line.

It’s gone! And it’s over.

The Marlins have won it in twelve, 4-3.

Jeter: It’s easy to say, "Yeah, you know what?

We just came off a big series.

That’s why we lost..."

Buck: Posada. Slow roller right side.

Beckett picks it up, tags Posada.

And the Florida Marlins are world champions.

The Marlins have stunned the Yankees.

♪

Jeter: If you play for the Yankees, you know,

if you don’t win a World Series, then the season’s a failure.

I said that after we won

I think it changed the expectation level.

Once you win, then there’s nowhere else to go.

You know, getting back to a World Series is not success.

That’s failure.

♪

[ "SportsCenter" theme plays ]

Now playing shortstop for the Boston Red Sox...

Alex Rodriguez.

Epstein: After 2003 and having our hearts broken,

all the front office said we’re gonna go out

and have the best possible off-season we can have.

Alex was probably the best player on the planet.

Ultimately, we would trade Manny for Alex.

We had a handshake deal with the Rangers.

Rodriguez: Felt a little bit like it had an opportunity to be

a little bit like Magic against Bird.

Yankees, Red Sox.

It had all the dynamics to be just incredible for baseball.

At the time when A-Rod was a Red Sock,

it was an atom bomb,

a feeling like this is it,

that the Red Sox had completely shifted the balance.

Yeah, no, I mean, it would have been a bitch with him in Boston.

It really would have been.

In the chilly days before Christmas,

A-Rod was all but sized for his new Red Sox cap,

a deal done except for the devil of the money details.

To his credit, he was willing to walk away

from a lot of money to make this happen.

The Players Association had a strong policy

that players weren’t allowed to walk away from money.

Ultimately, the deal fell apart

because it was just a bridge too far.

There was a feeling that inevitably

A-Rod would wind up in Boston, and that’s not gonna happen.

That’s got to be crushing in Boston.

I was destroyed. I mean, we had worked so hard on that deal.

Well, for the fans in Boston, this news comes

about three months and an 11th-inning swing too late.

Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone

could miss the entire upcoming season

because of a knee injury.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

About a week later, I’m now collecting my MVP award.

I got placed next to Alex Rodriguez

during the Baseball Writers’ dinner.

Aaron Boone had blown out his knee,

so now we’ve lost our third baseman.

So right away during this dinner,

I’m thinking about, well, I wonder

if this guy would play third base.

I ordered a little cocktail, a little Tito’s --

Tito’s was not back then.

It was probably Belvedere and soda back then.

And I’m not a big drinker, so you get me one,

I’m already a little lightheaded.

He was having, I think, some scotch or something.

And I think, just in passing and totally playing around,

he says, "Too bad you’re not willing to play third base

’cause you could be wearing pinstripes."

And I was one drink in.

And I was like, "Ha ha. That’s funny."

And it was about 45 minutes later, and I said...

"Hey, were you serious about playing third base?"

Jeter: I was at my house in Tampa, me and my dad.

And The Boss called me.

I never told anybody that.

And he said that we’re gonna trade for Alex.

He said, "Unless you have a problem with it."

And, you know, first of all, if I had a problem with it,

I ain’t gonna say I have a problem with it, right?

[ Chuckles ] Um...

And I said, "I don’t have a problem with it."

And then we traded for Alex.

Man: Did you have a problem with it?

No, I didn’t have a problem with --

No, because, one, it was made very clear

Alex was being acquired to play third base.

On his way to Boston, Alex Rodriguez is stopping off in the Bronx.

The Yankees have found Aaron Boone’s replacement.

I remember my reaction was like, "...Of course."

That’s the Yankees.

Like, everything breaks their way.

Reynolds: So you guys lose Roger, you lose Andy,

and you add Kevin Brown, Sheffield, Lofton, A-Rod.

How different will your club be this year?

Well, hopefully we’ll be better.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Cashman: George Steinbrenner had the thought

that it would be really important for Derek Jeter

to be at the press conference introducing Alex Rodriguez.

[ Crowd cheering ]

I’m sure from George Steinbrenner’s perspective

that it was about squelching any concern moving forward

that there is an issue between these two.

Murti: February in New York

is usually not a place where Derek Jeter is.

He’s usually in Florida getting ready for the season.

If their team captain isn’t there,

there’s a lot to answer for.

Feinsand: I don’t want to say Derek looked unhappy,

but he certainly looked like he was...

asked to be there and not volunteered to be there.

Jeter: I know people made such a big deal out of the...

They say I looked miserable at the press conference and all.

[Chuckling] That really wasn’t the case.

When we got him, they had the story

that we didn’t get along, we weren’t going to get along.

That was an easy -- easy target. Right?

So let’s just go after the relationship.

Everybody’s going back to the "Esquire" magazine.

Let me read this quote.

"Jeter’s been blessed with great talent around him.

He’s never had to lead. He can just go..."

Jeter: You know, our issues that we had in the past,

in my mind, were over with.

I don’t have to deal with it anymore.

Like, I’ll turn it off. Is he gonna come help us win?

It’s over with. It’s done with.

And I’m tired of answering questions about it.

I wish you guys would let them alone and just let them play.

You’re making too much of it.

♪

Murti: Derek had a terrible start

and was actually getting booed in Yankee Stadium.

I was on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

"The Slump." You can find it.

You know, it’s easy to say, oh, yeah, okay, Alex is there,

so now I’m not swinging the bat well.

Announcer: He is 0 for 31.

Jeter: Could have played a part, right, because there was so much

attention now on individuals

as opposed to it’s all about the team

and it’s about winning.

Fair to say that it may have played a part.

Rodriguez: I think the original plan was the best

because it would have had me at Boston,

it would have had him in New York.

We both would have been shortstops

kind of going against each other.

The first month, I didn’t feel comfortable with me being there,

and I didn’t feel like he felt comfortable, either.

In, I think, late April or something,

we’re playing the White Sox.

And it’s something in the middle innings,

and it just starts raining, like, hard.

[ Thunder rumbling ]

The entire dugout clears out,

and him and I are the only two sitting there

like a scene out of a movie.

Yeah, it’s a true story.

I mean, I don’t remember all the details.

I remember it did rain.

I do remember at some point

we were both in the dugout together.

Rodriguez: I approached him, and I said, "Hey, are we good?"

And he said, "Hm.

Kinda."

I said, "Well, what’s up? What’s happening?"

And he said, "Well, I was talking to my father,

and I really don’t understand why,

in the prime of your career --

you just won an MVP, you just won Gold Glove --

why would you want to give that up

to come play third base?

I’m not sure I would have done that.

So I’m wondering, like, kind of like, what’s your agenda?"

I could only look at it from my point of view, right?

If someone came to me and said, you know,

you have an opportunity to go somewhere else

and you have to switch positions,

I’d be like, "Man. I don’t know if I can handle this."

You know, just be honest with you.

I don’t think I could have handled it.

I said I came here knowing that the captain of the team

and a four-time world champion was the shortstop.

I respect that shortstop. I respect you.

And if George Steinbrenner

called me into his office tomorrow

and said, ’I’m moving Derek out of shortstop

and I’m putting you,’ I go back to Texas.

I would not play.

I gave you my word I came here to play third base."

I give it to him.

You know, he never brought up playing shortstop,

or there were never any whispers

from someone about him wanting to play shortstop.

I think he committed to playing third base.

And you got to give him credit for that.

Announcer: We’re in the top of the 12th inning.

Yankees and the Red Sox are tied at 3.

Jeter: Typical Yankee/Red Sox series

where everyone’s paying attention.

It’s like if you win the series,

then you’re gonna run away with the division.

If you lose the series, then your season’s over.

Announcer: 1-2.

He loops that to left field. Gonna be a tough play.

Jeter on the run, makes the play!

And flies into the stands!

Oh, what a play by Derek Jeter!

It was not a difficult play to make.

Catching the ball was not difficult.

But I knew from being over there before

I didn’t have enough time to stop.

You know, everyone says, "Why didn’t you just stop?"

I couldn’t stop.

Announcer: I mean, it’s just full tilt.

There’s no way you can...

Jeter: I jump over the photographers pit,

and then I hit the chair where there was no fan sitting.

It was -- It was painful.

Announcer: Wow. Jeter really banged himself up.

You can’t say enough about him.

What is he? He’s a winner!

We’re watching an incredible baseball game.

Epstein: That play and that game took on such meaning.

You know, Derek, the captain of the Yankees,

representing everything that was going right over there.

It reinforces just all the collective sacrifice

that has to go on to make a championship-caliber team.

And we hadn’t gotten to that point yet.

Announcer: Give-up-your-body play.

Mom and Dad are obviously concerned.

Jeter: I went to the hospital

because my eye blew up, and they were concerned

that I might have broken the orbital bone.

But I told Mr. T I was playing the next day.

Announcer: That one’s drilled deep to left field.

The Yankees will win the game!

The Yankees win the game!

Jeter: You only have one career.

Right? Your career’s only so many years.

The ultimate goal is to win.

If we don’t win, somebody else is winning.

I just didn’t understand people would act like

you’re playing in the backyard with your relatives.

You know, it is a game. I want to have fun.

I had more fun than anyone when I played.

But I wanted to beat you.

And if you beat us, I had a problem with it.

I had a real problem with it. It bothered me.

And, um, I liked when it bothered people on our team.

♪

♪

♪

Asher. I’m Derek. Nice to meet you.

Let me help you out here buddy.

Isn’t there a goat here?

Is there? Where?

Why are baseball players always chewing and spitting?

Ha because they have a lot of down time. A lot of time just standing around.

How many pieces of bubble gum can you fit in your mouth at

once?

Ah one. That’s it

I want a hug. Oh thank you so much appreciate that great job.

Are you actually the real. I am.

Are you the real Asher? Wow I like that... huh?

Wow I like that... huh?