Derek Jeter recalls the only time he played against Yankees teammates – as Team USA's shortstop

From 1992 until 2014, Derek Jeter was with the New York Yankees.

Not including outpouring training, Jeter totaled 3,210 games astatine each levels of the Yankees organization. Growing up, it was the lone squad helium wanted to play for.

But determination was a clip erstwhile helium did deterioration different jersey, and helium adjacent wore it against his beloved pinstripes.

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Derek Jeter astatine bat against the New York Yankees during an accumulation crippled betwixt the New York Yankees and the USA Baseball squad astatine George Steinbrenner Field successful Tampa, Florida connected March 3, 2009. (Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

For 1 crippled and 1 crippled only, Jeter was successful the visitors' clubhouse successful beforehand of Yankees fans, arsenic helium was the shortstop for the United States' 2009 World Baseball Classic squad.

It was Jeter's 2nd clip representing the Stars and Stripes, and Team USA that twelvemonth played an accumulation against the Yankees during outpouring training.

In a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital, Jeter made definite to enactment that helium got 2 hits that afternoon.

"When I came up, they didn’t person each these USA teams. It was either the Olympic squad oregon that was it. So it was an grant for me. I really, truly enjoyed it. Played with a batch of apical players successful the crippled and truly enjoyed it," Jeter said of his stint connected Team USA.

During those times, Jeter shared a dugout with immoderate of his archrivals successful Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis and Jason Varitek of the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets fable David Wright portion simultaneously playing against Bernie Williams and Robinson Cano. Even during that USA-Yankees game, helium went up against Jorge Posada, contempt the 2 being by 1 another's broadside passim their careers.

Derek Jeter plays defence against the New York Yankees successful an accumulation crippled connected March 3, 2009. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

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This year, the lawsuit figures to beryllium the champion 1 yet, arsenic Team USA is stacked with the two-time reigning American League Most Valuable Player Aaron Judge, and each of the reigning Cy Young Award winners successful Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal.

It utilized to beryllium a symptom to get immoderate of the biggest stars to play, but the 2023 mentation saw Mike Trout spell up against Shohei Ohtani for the last retired of the title crippled — astatine the time, they were Los Angeles Angels teammates. Perhaps that convinced galore stars contiguous that the WBC was not conscionable immoderate exhibition.

For Jeter, having the champion players connected the diamond is what's astir important for baseball.

"It's important. I deliberation if you speech astir the maturation of the game, past you request the apical players to participate, and they're doing it," Jeter said.

Derek Jeter of Team USA celebrates the triumph with teammates aft the 2009 World Baseball Classic Pool C lucifer connected March 8, 2009, astatine the Rogers Centre successful Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Elsa/Getty Images)

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Bryce Harper, Cal Raleigh, Mason Miller, Logan Webb, Bobby Witt Jr., Will Smith and Kyle Schwarber besides volition correspond Team USA. Japan is bringing backmost 15 members of its 2023 title-winning team, including Ohtani and World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto. 

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