Marcos looks back at a core MLB memory between Cal Ripken Jr. and A-Rod. We determine whether it really was a kind gesture by A-Rod, as Cal Ripken recalls it differently... Ripken reveals to ARod, “I was kind of pissed at you, to be honest with you."
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00:00MLB all-star festivities where this took place
00:03This is a story that I saw this morning. That's kind of continues to circle around
00:09Every time all-star week comes back. They covered this last week or sorry last year during all-star week as well
00:17As we were come storming in angry at something
00:22I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with this story. You guys know Cal Ripken jr. Of course, I've heard of him
00:29Yeah, definitely the epitome of consistency
00:34an Ironman if you will before
00:37Most people even use that terminology, but you didn't have maintenance days back when Cal
00:44Now this is a moment from 2001 and I'm playing this currently on our YouTube and twitch
00:50Miami 560 WQ a.m. This is to start the 2001 all-star game at that time Alex
00:57Rodriguez was the starting shortstop and probably at that point one of the top players in
01:05Baseball, so it made sense for him to start there. But this being Cal Ripken's
01:10Final all-star game a rod took it upon himself to say hey, why don't we switch dude? You deserve it
01:17I have the utmost respect for you. You deserve to be put it shortstop there and
01:23A Yankees manager at that time. I believe that's Joe Tory. That's Joe Tory. He's waving them as well
01:30Hey, you know, you're the guy go to shortstop. Come on and you know at this point the crowd is into it and
01:38You guys would agree more or less. It seems like a gesture of respect looks like a classy move
01:43Yeah, indeed now come to find out during this entire moment while everyone is enjoying. Mr
01:49Ripken playing the position that he held down for so long for what could be the final time in front of him
01:54Also in that game went on to he was the MVP, right? Yeah
01:59Good thing he let it play. Yeah
02:02Cal Rickman actually was able to recount this moment during last year's all-star weekend with
02:09Alex Rodriguez Derek Jeter and a few others from MLB Network a ride and Jeter in the same indeed
02:16This was last year. They patched it up since since then
02:21But he actually revealed that during that moment
02:25He was actually pissed at a rod really and not something that he took as a kind gesture. He was like charity
02:32Well, this is what mr. Ripken had to say about a moment
02:47I
02:49Remember is this is the guy that both Derek and I looked up
02:53Admiring is the reason why I was able to stay a short being so tall
02:56And I remember going to Japan with you in 96 and I just geeked out even when I heard you were here today
03:02I got all nervous
03:03I got all excited and I just wanted as a fan to have you one more time in your position
03:08Well, how do you brought it back up? I was kind of pissed at you
03:12I was like looking at I've been over there in a while
03:15I got this big old glove on my hand that they made that they called humongous. I go
03:19I'm not gonna go back over there turn double play with it
03:22But I realized I was on a mic. They didn't do that a whole lot then we want a mic
03:27You might have had a mic on too
03:28So I had to choose my words very carefully until I found out look over and saw Joe going like this
03:34I
03:38Want to play shortstop, you don't want to play short
03:41Nothing to do about right. I
03:43Thought I I thought maybe he was upset at the gesture because it's like oh you're doing me a favor like it
03:48No, maybe he was too prideful. But no, okay
03:55I was the fullback and guess who was the tailback? Oh natron means. Oh, is he bigger than you?
04:04Yeah, yeah, how did that happen? What did every other tailback opt out of the because here's
04:10Sorry, it had to do with positioning on the football, right? So here's what happens
04:17My whole career. I've been known as a fullback and I never been played a fullback a day in my life
04:22so but here's what happened is you remember in
04:26Washington
04:28Washington has the H back. Mm-hmm. And the guy who carries the ball is the F
04:34That's the offense we had. Okay, so the wife was who's the F back?
04:41It was the F back. Huh? So that's how I became a fullback while never playing
04:47And so what end up happening is people still hated the Pro Bowl when you play the Pro Bowl
04:53No, they didn't people still watch the Pro Bowl then
04:57I
04:59Got the two-piece in a soda in the Pro Bowl. Yeah, I'm telling you
05:02I got cleaned out on kickoff in the Pro Bowl. Oh, yeah now they play they play like seven on seven
05:09Yeah, I feel so so hand touch. I wish natron would have said go ahead
05:15I'll play it cuz it's just lining up. Yeah, sure. It was torture
05:20Cuz now I got to worry about not only the the Pro Bowl is on that one side
05:24I got to worry about this big Pro Bowl behind me Ram
05:27Yeah, geez so yeah, so like I get it it's it was a gesture but it's weird because
05:35The this the midfielders gloves are tiny right top and the edge gloves are kind of big
05:43Because you're you're grabbing, you know what? I mean the little gloves in the middle you're turning to so sure he was like
05:49Oh, no, I don't want to screw up with this giant glove. Yeah, which is the first thing? Yeah
05:55Not oh, this is a just a kind gesture that makes sense. Yeah, he's not thinking about the gestures
06:01I don't want to embarrass myself on national TV, correct
06:05Tonight the MLB all-star game continues. You guys know the representative for the Marlins
06:10It's a pit. Yeah, it is Tanner Scott Tanner Scott and he might not be on the team after
06:18Indeed he assumes the game is done that word is he will be joining the Yankees immediately
06:23He's gonna take off his jersey and just put on Yankees Jersey
06:27I was wondering if they would have did it before I bet you they had a conversation
06:32Let's do it after y'all start game. Cuz didn't the models and we would get some representation, right?
06:40It's just strange that anytime anyone does anything good for the Marlins you can already tell that like oh he's gonna be out
06:47Very soon. He's gonna be out. I don't Peter Bendix is only taking over for one year
06:52but uh
06:54Not looking good too not looking good at all when we