The Break-Up

Somewhere between the hot corner and short stop at Yankee Stadium, there's a bit of a rift.

Turns out the friendship between Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter has been on the rocks for several years now, and A-Rod thought spring training was the perfect time to quit lying to the media about being best buds with Jeter.

A-Rod told reporters that rumors of a cooled-off relationship between the two are true.

(Quick interjection...yes, we are talking about sports and not what's going to be on the cover of this week's US Weekly.)

The story goes that Jeter got peeved at a 2001 interview A-Rod gave Esquire in which he said "Jeter's been blessed with great talent around him" and "he's never had to lead."

Ever since then Jeter won't return any of A-Rod's phone calls.

OK, I made that last part up...but doesn't this seem a little odd? I'll be curious to see if Jeter has a response.