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Originally Posted by djson1
I didn't really like Jeter until recently and I used to think Jeter seemed like a smug athlete...but just this past year, I have started to feel like he is a rather personable and nice guy. I work with a guy who played in the minor leagues and he said they all had training with the Yankees one year. Of all the Yankees he met, he confirmed that ARod was a stuck-up guy but that Jeter actually took the time to talk to the minor leaguers and give pointers and chat with them. This coworker (a Dodgers fan who hates the Yankees) walked away from that convinced that Jeter is a truly nice guy.
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There is no doubt other pro ball players like and respect Jeter. I'm not so sure that it translates to people "not in the club." The few times I met him in the mid 90s, he was distant at best -- and it was in a setting for the purpose of meeting fans. And that was before he was a big star. I don't think my experience is unique.