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Derek Jeter’s Ex-Teammate Bernie Williams Once Found a Cheeky Way to Poke Fun at the Hall of Famer’s Expense

Published 10/12/2022, 11:00 AM EDT

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Two Yankee Monument Park members, one outfielder and one shortstop, Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter, were popularly famous for their esteemed MLB career in the Pinstripes. Together, the two Yankees were teammates for 12 years and won four World Championship Rings together.

Naturally, after being renowned stars for so long, they developed a camaraderie that didn’t limit itself to the ballpark. Analogous to that, Bernie Williams spoke about a particular and peculiar instance of this friendship when he poked his captain while they watched music videos together.

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How did Bernie Williams poke captain Jeter?

In Derek Jeter’s biography, written by Ian O’Connor, Bernie Williams spoke about the time when he pushed the shortstop’s buttons while watching music videos together. In the middle of watching those videos, Williams would ask Jeter whether he knew that girl.

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He asked, “Do you know that girl? I know you know that girl.” According to the book, Jeter would often reply with a confession that he did know the girl.

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Notably, Bernie Williams retired in 2006, and his captain, Derek Jeter, retired in 2014.

New York Yankees: before and after Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter made his Yankee and MLB debut back in 1995. Since then, with Jeter, the Yankees won five World Championships, the most recent being in 2009. However, since Derek Jeter retired in 2014, the New York Yankees have looked like a completely different team, and not in a good way.

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With Jeter’s retirement, the competitive, and always-fighting Yankee spirit disappeared. 2022, on the other hand, has looked like a new year. The resurgence of Aaron Judge has rekindled a new Yankee spirit, one that resonated with winning ways. Can this be the glorious Yankee year?

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Mohsin Baldiwala

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Mohsin Baldiwala is an MLB author for EssentiallySports. He is pursuing his BBA degree, specializing in Communications & Media with a Public Policy minor. Along with his keen interest in politics and questions about society, he has written multiple research papers about a variety of topics, ranging from stand-up comedy to the Indian Education System.
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Rupak Kumar Jha