Future MLB Hall-of-Famer Derek Jeter has finally addressed one of the more popular off the field rumors that has followed him in recent years, the legend of the gift basket. In December of 2011 the New York Post ran a story claiming that Jeter gives women who stay the night at his place a gift basket filled with mementos. In a recent interview with NY magazine, Jeter answers questions about the gift baskets with a sense of humor.
“Like I’m giving them signed baseballs and pictures of myself on the way out! Who comes up with a story like that?” He laughs, incredulous. “It said the reason people found out was because I gave the same girl the same basket and I had forgotten I’d given her one — ”like there are so many people coming through I forgot!”