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Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

He played seven seasons with Seattle Mariners, three seasons with the Texas Rangers and twelve seasons with the New York Yankees. Rodriguez began his professional career as one of the sport's most highly touted prospects, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

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Derek Jeter Reveals Where He Stands With Alex Rodriguez After Their Feud: ‘There Are No Issues’

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Totally off base! Derek Jeter recently shut down the rumors that there was any lingering tension between himself and former teammate Alex Rodriguez following their early 2000s feud.“No, there is no wedge.

Everything’s good,” Jeter, 48, told Good Day New York during an interview on Thursday, July 28. “I know people to this day, when I go places, that’s one of the first things that they ask me about, but there are no issues between Alex and I at all.”Speculation about growing tension between the former Yankee shortstop and A-Rod, 47, began over two decades ago after the twosome were signed to different Major League Baseball teams.

Jeter, however, claims he was more focused on his career than feuding with a friend.“There were things that I kept private. My job, being the captain of the Yankees, was to limit distractions and in order to limit distractions, I know sometimes I didn’t create much controversy,” he explained. “I talked about things one time and that was the end of it.”Rumors of a rift between the athletes who were friends in the minor leagues before getting traded up, began in 2000 after Rodriguez signed a $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers — the biggest one in history — and subsequently revealed that he didn’t believe Jeter would ever beat the financial record.“I don’t know who it’s going to be,” Rodriguez told ESPN in December 2000. “The 252 is going to be hard to break because of my age and my talent at such a young age.

Even a guy like Derek, it’s going to be hard for him to break that because he just doesn’t do the power numbers and defensively he doesn’t do all those things.”Tensions only grew when Golden Glove Award winner made disparaging comments about his lack of faith in Jeter’s leadership

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