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.
Without missing a beat, Jeter picked up the phone and read the caller ID out loud: "Walt Rheinheimer."
That is Sullivan's husband.
"Wait, she's got to call you back, buddy," a nonplussed Jeter said into the phone, causing many of the assembled reporters to laugh.
Would you expect anything less?
@MarlyRiveraESPN You captured my embarrassment perfectly. FYI, it was my husband who called.
— tara sullivan (@Record_Tara) September 7, 2014
Finally, a news conference worth watching! Nice pick-up.
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