Derek Jeter's mansion: Too busy building to play ball?

"Construction of buildings too busy?" This is what the Yankees owner Hank Steinbrenner told reporters Monday when asked about his poor team finish at the end of last season. Steinbrenner used the plural when talking about his players homes', but it is hard to think he was talking in particular about the building of Derek Jeter, known by locals as "St. Jetersburg.

Jeter is just now putting the finishing touches to a house he started building in 2008 in Tampa, Florida. It was the required 30,000 square meters reason Jeter was not "hungry" enough last year? Steinbrenner told reporters: "Sometimes teams have a little 'smug, is celebrated for too long."

Obviously, the Yankee owner was not talking to himself Jeter. In fact, after a mini blow-up in the media in New York (New York Post running this summary useful-if-not states: "Yank Boss: We lost OVER Jeter Mansion"), Steinbrenner was back in front reporters on Tuesday clarified his comments. "Certainly not Derek," he told The Associated Press. "Derek's got five rings. I do not win by five rings of complacency."

And what was the response the captain of the clutch all this? In a brief interview with reporters pre-workout, Jeter said he understood most of the comments Steinbrenner, but "the house I did not understand. This is a first. That's funny, I think. I'm not moving, so as not to talk about this again. "