Derek Jeter Breaks Silence on Rumor He Gives Swag Bags to One-Night Stands

Derek Jeter logged over 3,000 hits, 14 All-Star selections, five Gold Gloves, five World Series championship rings.

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and will go down as one of the greatest New York Yankees to have ever played the game, but away from the ballpark as well.

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Yes, the Yankee captain loved to party, but he had a knack for keeping his name away from tabloid headlines.

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“Anything I was doing, I was trying to hide it,” he says in The Captain, a seven-part docuseries premiering July 18 on ESPN.

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Directed by Randy Wilkins and produced by Spike Lee, The Captain stresses how Jeter was able maintain a firm handle on his off-field image via a series of clever tricks

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He also artfully dodged a number of precarious situations—including a nightclub shooting on Dec. 27, 1999.

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