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Charles Curtis

Alex Rodriguez embarrassed Derek Jeter with their infamous topless photo on the ‘KayRod’ broadcast

Hey, remember that time in the late 1990s when Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez posed with other star shortstops without shirts and with gold chains?

No?

If you don’t: It was a Sports Illustrated shot from the famous Walter Iooss Jr., who snapped Jeter, Rodriguez, Edgar Renteria, Alex Gonzalez and Rey Ordonez, all topless, all looking kind of awkward. It became a punchline, and rightfully so.

Well, on Sunday night, during the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball alternative broadcast known as KayRod, producers brought up the photo on screen while Jeter visited with Rodriguez and Michael Kay, and wow, it was hilariously awkward:

Here it is

They also talked about squashing any beef they’ve had:

People had jokes about their appearance

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