Mr. November wasn’t going to let a little rain stop its coverage of October baseball.
Derek Jeter, during his Fox MLB analyst duties on the pregame show for Tuesday’s Mariners-Tigers ALDS Game 3, ran into a bit of a dilemma when the game in Detroit was pushed back three hours due to rain.
Jeter, in the midst of talking about the Yankees-Blue Jays series, let his phone go off as he told those on the panel—and those watching at home—that he would be attending a parent-teacher conference. Instead, though, he still talked about baseball and not so much about school.
“Sorry, it’s a rain delay,” said Jeter, who has four children with his wife, Hannah. “I had an appointment, a parent-teacher conference that I’m going to miss. Sorry, guys.”
When the rest of the panel, including Red Sox legend David Ortiz, urged Jeter to take the call, the smiling Yankees Hall of Fame shortstop said, “I could do it.”
It’s not clear if Jeter took the call once the crew went to a commercial break.
Earlier in the year, Jeter missed a baseball-related function for a family business when he skipped the Yankees’ Old-Timers Day celebration that honored the 2000 World Series Championship Squad.
He explained in a video that played on the Yankee Stadium scoreboard that he felt bad for missing the start of August.
“Sorry I couldn’t be in person this year, but I wanted to come out and say what my teammates are about the 2000 World Series Championship team,” Jeter said. “It was hard to believe it’s been 25 years. Twenty-sixth title in franchise history. The last team to win three in a row. Honestly, it might be the last team you see a team win three in a row. And we beat the Mets on it.”
“To the Yankees fans, thank you as always for being so passionate and energetic and undoubtedly the greatest fans in the world.”
As for the current Yankees, they are in an 0-2 hole and would see their season end with another loss in the ALDS.
After they lost Game 2, 13-7, on Sunday, Jeter spoke on the postgame show that they should be happy with the “positive” of the offense, but made it clear that there needs to be a major improvement if they want to turn the series around.
“They have to find a way to shut down the Toronto Blue Jays offense,” Jeter said.
That task will fall to lefty starter Carlos Rodón on Tuesday evening. He goes against Blue Jays Righty Shane Bieber in the Bronx.
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