Update: Rice says he was misquoted.

According the AP, this is what Jim Rice told players at the Little League World Series today:

"You see a Manny Ramirez, you see an A-Rod, you see Jeter ... Guys that I played against and with, these guys you’re talking about cannot compare."

"We didn’t have the baggy uniforms. We didn’t have the dreadlocks. It was a clean game, and now they’re setting a bad example for the young guys.

The AP article says that Rice was sharing his belief that Major League Baseball players today "are too focused on individual goals and getting big contracts." That's not a quote from Rice, just from the article's author.

Whaaaa? Bryan Hoch got a response from Jeter: "That's a first for me. I didn't know I was like that."

Talk about coming from out of left field. Derek Jeter? Yikes. It's no skin off the Captain's nose, obviously. There are plenty of current Hall of Famers who have heaped praise on him for his work both on and off the field. This is just a strange situation, that's all, and it makes Rice look out of touch.

Via Peter Abraham.