{"id":426134,"date":"2023-06-03T19:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T19:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=426134"},"modified":"2023-06-03T19:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T19:25:04","slug":"doug-mientkiewicz-praises-the-former-yankees-captain-derek-jeter-for-the-friendly-locker-room-environment-he-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/doug-mientkiewicz-praises-the-former-yankees-captain-derek-jeter-for-the-friendly-locker-room-environment-he-created\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Mientkiewicz Praises The Former Yankees Captain Derek Jeter For The Friendly Locker Room Environment He Created"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Previous Gold Glover Doug Mientkiewicz recalls his time spent with Derek Jeter with affection.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Jeter must always be brought up while talking about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/yankees\">New York Yankees<\/a> in recent years. Jeter, the 15th captain of the organization, is renowned for both his distinctive style of baseball and winning attitude. In the twenty seasons that he spent wearing pinstripes, Captain Clutch established himself as a well-known figure in the league.<\/p>\n<h2>Doug Mientkiewicz Praises The Former Yankees Captain Derek Jeter For The Friendly Locker Room Environment He Created<\/h2>\n<p>Mientkiewicz played for the New York Yankees in 2007 and was a member of the group that finished the year with a 94-game winning streak. A member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series champion team moving to New York may have seemed unusual, but Mientkiewicz made the best of it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;That was probably the biggest surprise of my career, was seeing how Derek Jeter really was behind closed doors.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Doug Mientkiewicz on how the Yankees clubhouse was A LOT more fun than he&#39;d imagined. <\/p>\n<p>Legends Territory \u25b6\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xkcnR9JgyX\">https:\/\/t.co\/xkcnR9JgyX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FmZwcJ5Bni\">pic.twitter.com\/FmZwcJ5Bni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoulTerritoryTV\/status\/1664285676609650689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And Derek Jeter was a big reason why.<\/p>\n<p>Mientkiewicz, a 2007 Yankees player, said he was first &#8220;skeptical&#8221; about joining the club on the Foul Territory Show.<\/p>\n<p>When I signed with the Yankees in 2007, I confessed that I was apprehensive about visiting the team&#8217;s clubhouse. I was so at ease, he remembered. They weren&#8217;t who I initially believed them to be. You all resemble this always operating business machine. The fact that it was so much fun left me speechless, and Derek [Jeter] had a big part in it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On this day 28 years ago, Derek Jeter made his MLB debut in Seattle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jn9b64PvZ9\">pic.twitter.com\/jn9b64PvZ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snyyankees\/status\/1663174599708745731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Seeing how Derek really was and how much fun he was behind closed doors was probably the biggest surprise of my career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To prove his argument, Mientkiewicz related an amazing tale of a time when Jeter played a practical joke on him.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone has known Derek Jeter as a dedicated ballplayer who is all about the game ever since he made his debut with the Yankees. His interviews were the one place where his love of baseball was evident. The clubhouse, though, was a another matter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaron Judge names his Yankees Mount Rushmore<\/p>\n<p>Yogi Berra<br \/>Mickey Mantle<br \/>Babe Ruth<br \/>Derek Jeter<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BRWalkoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BRWalkoff<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zpIc32Dspq\">pic.twitter.com\/zpIc32Dspq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin&#39; Yanks (@TalkinYanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinYanks\/status\/1664746211117785089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rumor is we all had [Derek Jeter Driven] Cologne on, and all the bugs showed up. Game 3 rolls around,\u201d he said, adding that Jeter was the consummate captain who was always worried about and taking care of everyone on the roster, checking in on teammates regularly, and things of that nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Jeter] doesn\u2019t speak to me,\u201d added Mientkiewicz. \u201c[Jorge] Posada is coming up to me shaking his head. He\u2019s like, \u2018You f\u2013ked up man.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, I don\u2019t recall what I did.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">20 years ago today, Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter is named the 11th captain in club history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XMEAeV6dtC\">pic.twitter.com\/XMEAeV6dtC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NYYmedia (@NYYmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYYmedia\/status\/1665024403418087425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe game goes by, he doesn\u2019t talk to me the entire game, doesn\u2019t look at me, which is unlike him\u2026 The next day, it\u2019s Game 4. I walk into my locker and on the chair is a Macy\u2019s manilla folder. I open it up and it\u2019s a professional letterhead that says\u2026 something to the effect of, \u2018Due to your comments\u2026 we\u2019ve had to pull 2.7 million bottles of Derek Jeter Driven off the shelves,\u2019 and my heart sinks.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;(Derek Jeter) goes, &#39;That letter was all bullsh*t.&#39;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Doug Mientkiewicz&#39;s incredible story of the time Derek Jeter pranked him GOOD\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Legends Territory \u25b6\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BbLrZ97VKv\">https:\/\/t.co\/BbLrZ97VKv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R8ll2XX7a4\">pic.twitter.com\/R8ll2XX7a4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoulTerritoryTV\/status\/1661756511159218176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He later adds that Jeter told him, \u201cThat letter was all bulls\u2013t.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OTD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OTD<\/a> in 1995, Derek Jeter made his Major League debut.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s a friendly reminder of all the MLB records he holds&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8XDM5MuDPu\">pic.twitter.com\/8XDM5MuDPu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; YES Network (@YESNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YESNetwork\/status\/1663184166018772992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tom Brady To Spend The Summer Co-Parenting With Gisele B\u00fcndchen, Details The Plan Out!\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/tom-brady-to-spend-the-summer-co-parenting-with-gisele-bundchen-details-the-plan-out\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tom Brady To Spend The Summer Co-Parenting With Gisele B\u00fcndchen, Details The Plan Out!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous Gold Glover Doug Mientkiewicz recalls his time spent with Derek Jeter with affection. Derek Jeter must always be brought up while talking about the New York Yankees in recent years. Jeter, the 15th captain of the organization, is renowned for both his distinctive style of baseball and winning attitude. In the twenty seasons that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":395670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[964,8997,8918,3265,2221,3957],"class_list":["post-426134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-derek-jeter","tag-derek-jeter-doug-mientkiewicz","tag-doug-mientkiewicz","tag-mlb-2023","tag-mlb-news","tag-yankees-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}