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Derek Jeter stands as one of the biggest celebrities today that surrounds the realm of baseball, even after retirement. That being said, credit for his unsurmountable respect goes to the personality he garnered in the ballpark through his achievements in his 20-year-long Yankee career. Throughout his career, he appeared for 14 All-Star teams and won five Golden Glove and Silver Slugger awards. Most importantly, the Hall of Famer, also won five World Championships with the Yanks.

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However, while Jeter continued breaking records, the list of people he dated kept getting longer.

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Exemplary singer, Mariah Carey, is amongst the multiple celebrities, Jeter dated before marrying Hannah Davis. And today, as Mariah Carey re-released a song that she had written in connection to her relationship with the five-time World Champion, she reached the world of baseball.

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Mariah Carey’s romantic surprise for Captain Jeter

Markedly, Derek Jeter and Mariah Carey’s extremely publicized relationship continued from 1997 to 1998. Shortly after the relationship ended, Mariah Carey released two songs named “The Roof,” and “My All.”

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Years down the line, Mariah admitted that she wrote the two songs as a memory of her “fling” with the Yankee captain. “The Roof” that re-released today, symbolizes Jeter and Carey’s first kiss that took place on the 14-time All-Star’s roof.

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The next song, “My All” was about the time when Mariah risked it all to meet Derek Jeter in Puerto Rico. The singer-shortstop relationship concluded with Carey divorcing her then-husband, Tommy Mottola, in 1998.

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Derek Jeter and Hannah Davis

After an extended dating history, in 2012, rumors of captain Jeter, dating model Hannah Davis, reached the public. The couple officially announced their engagement in 2015, and one year down the line, in 2016, they tied the knot.

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Since then, the people of North America have viewed the couple as their favorite power couple across multiple realms and generations. This sentiment particularly grew after The Captain released earlier this year. The mini docu-series shed a direct spotlight on Hannah’s struggles of constantly being in the public eye.

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Many also believe that the real superhero at the end of the docuseries wasn’t Derek Jeter. However, it was actually Hannah Davis whose persona displayed an unsung and underrated role behind the scenes. What do you make of Carey’s song re-release? Let us know your valuable thoughts in the comments below.

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Mohsin Baldiwala

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Mohsin Baldiwala, an experienced MLB writer at EssentiallySports, holds a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications with a minor in public policy. His journey into the heart of baseball is as unique as it is charming, taking root in the quirky universe of 'Seinfeld.' It was through the endearingly hapless George Costanza, a character with his own comedic ties to the New York Yankees, that Mohsin first glimpsed the allure of the storied franchise.

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