08/22: Rice Says He Was "Misquoted" on Jeter and A-Rod
Posted by: Patrick
Yesterday, the AP reported on Jim Rice's meeting with players at the Little League World Series. They quoted him as saying this:
As I mentioned yesterday, it's of no consequence to Jeter because he's had plenty of Hall of Famers who have talked glowingly about the Yankees captain for not only his play, but the way he approaches the game.
Today, talking to Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports, Rice says he was misquoted. That was saying those things only about Manny - not about Jeter or, for that matter, Alex Rodriguez.
I will say that his comment seemed very strange. It's certainly possible that he was misquoted. But, it's unclear if he even mentioned Jeter and A-Rod at all. In which case, is he suggesting the AP just inserted their names into his quote? "I said, 'The guys who play right, you know who they are, and they know in the clubhouse, too. You can’t fool your teammates,'" Rice told Edes. "I mentioned 'guys,' not those guys."
For his part, Edes says that upon hearing Rice's contention that he had been misquoted, Jeter had only this to say: "Misquoted? How was he misquoted?"
"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.
"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.
As I mentioned yesterday, it's of no consequence to Jeter because he's had plenty of Hall of Famers who have talked glowingly about the Yankees captain for not only his play, but the way he approaches the game.
Today, talking to Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports, Rice says he was misquoted. That was saying those things only about Manny - not about Jeter or, for that matter, Alex Rodriguez.
I will say that his comment seemed very strange. It's certainly possible that he was misquoted. But, it's unclear if he even mentioned Jeter and A-Rod at all. In which case, is he suggesting the AP just inserted their names into his quote? "I said, 'The guys who play right, you know who they are, and they know in the clubhouse, too. You can’t fool your teammates,'" Rice told Edes. "I mentioned 'guys,' not those guys."
For his part, Edes says that upon hearing Rice's contention that he had been misquoted, Jeter had only this to say: "Misquoted? How was he misquoted?"
