President Obama roasts Derek Jeter’s late-career performance
President Barack Obama’s second term is coming to an end in a few months. Like many former Presidents, he’ll retire and move out of the spotlight, but continue to do productive things. New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter hasn’t held political office … yet … but he can certainly empathize with what Obama will experience in a few months.
The two talked about that topic in an upcoming interview on Jeter’s website, The Players’ Tribune. The full interview is set to run Wednesday, but the site released a snippet of the conversation in order to promote the article. In the clip, President Obama takes the opportunity to roast Jeter over his late-career performance.
Here’s a full transcript of the exchange:
Obama: “Derek, you are now somebody who now has some experience in hanging up the cleats. I’m about to retire. I’m not quite as young as you, but still relatively young.
Jeter: “Thank you, can you repeat that? Because when you’re in sports, they say you’re old at 30, so thank you. I appreciate that.
Obama: “I mean, for a baseball player, you were old. Let’s face it, I mean, c’mon, man. We saw you trying to run around those bases.”
Ouch! Obviously the exchange wasn’t mean-spirited, and both Jeter and Obama laugh about the whole thing.
And … uh … let’s face it, Jeter wasn’t really swiping any bags over his final seasons. A big part of that was likely due to a broken ankle he suffered during the 2012 playoffs. Jeter’s speed and stolen base totals had already taken a hit due to age, but that injury pretty much ended any threat of him taking an extra base.
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Jeter seems to take the whole thing in stride, but we’re kind of hoping he sarcastically drops a “thanks, Obama” when the full interview is released Wednesday.
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