Jeter answers reporter’s cellphone at press conference
September 7, 2014 - 8:13 pm
A youngster applauds as New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) adjusts his cap after tipping it to the crowd during a pregame ceremony honoring the Yankees captain who is retiring at the end of the season on Derek Jeter Day at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Michael Jordan, left applauds as New York Yankees' Derek Jeter (2) speaks in a pregame ceremony honoring Jeter, who is retiring at the end of the season, on Derek Jeter Day at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (2) tags Kansas City Royals Alcides Escobar (2) after Escobar was caught stealing in the ninth inning of in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
NEW YORK — In the middle of his postgame news conference on Derek Jeter Day, the New York Yankees captain took a moment to answer a reporter’s cellphone.
A phone being used to record the news conference was on the desk in front of Jeter on Sunday, and it started to buzz about four minutes in.
“Someone’s phone is ringing,” Jeter said.
“Sorry,” said Tara Sullivan, a reporter for The Record, a New Jersey newspaper.
As she spoke, Jeter picked up the phone and read the caller ID out loud: “Walt Rheinheimer.”
That is Sullivan’s husband.
“Walt, she’s got to call you back, buddy,” Jeter said into the phone, causing many of the assembled reporters to laugh.
Jeter then put the phone back down and went on with the news conference.
