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Yankees: Derek Jeter Calls Out MLB and MLBPA for ‘Embarrassing’ Talks

Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Miami Marlins part-owner and former Yankees captain Derek Jeter thinks the MLB and MLBPA damaged baseball with their talks.

Most Yankees fans are thrilled that the 2020 MLB season is finally off and running, attempting to resume play by the end of the month following seemingly endless and eternally contentious negotiations.

However, we forgive, but we don’t forget — the ongoing, droning discussion of cash percentages during a raging global pandemic will leave its indelible stamp on the game’s soul.

Derek Jeter wasn’t happy about the two sides’ incredibly un-timely disagreement, too, and laid into both of them on Marlins radio broadcaster Glenn Geffner’s “The Line Drive” this week.