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Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter knows all too well the feeling of celebrating on the baseball field after clinching a World Series title.
The New York Yankees legend and MLB on FOX analyst spoke with Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts ahead of Game 5 of the 2025 World Series.
Jeter asked Betts, who won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox before joining Los Angeles, about the total number of championship rings he has won.
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Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter greets fans at Yankee Stadium on October 28, 2024. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
“How many rings do you have?” » Jeter asked.
“Three,” Betts replied.
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“Two and a half?” Jeter joked while Betts laughed. Jeter then clarified: “I’m just playing. Dodgers fans, I’m playing. It’s a joke between friends, just kidding.”
Jeter won five World Series rings during his storied career as “captain” of the Yankees. After winning last year’s World Series, Betts hopes to be just one ring behind Jeter’s total.
MLB teams played a shortened 60-game schedule in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of playoff teams was increased from the traditional 12 teams to 16. After the first rounds, matches were played at neutral sites.
The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate a home run by Mookie Betts during the eighth inning of Game 6 of the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays at Globe Life Field on October 27, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas – home of the Texas Rangers – hosted the 2020 World Series between the Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays.
It took the Dodgers a record 18 playoff games to win the coveted Commissioner’s Trophy.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays will face off in the 2025 World Series. (FOX)
The Toronto Blue Jays took a 3-2 series lead after beating the Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
The series returns to Toronto for Game 6 on Friday.
A win Friday would secure the Blue Jays’ third World Series title and the franchise’s first championship since 1993.
But a Dodgers victory in Game 6 would force a deciding Game 7 and keep Los Angeles’ back-to-back championship hopes alive.
