Overview
- Derek Jeter asked Mookie Betts if his three World Series rings were “two and a half,” then immediately told viewers he was “just playing.”
- The joke referenced the Dodgers’ 2020 title, earned after a 60-game regular season with an expanded playoff field and a neutral-site World Series in Arlington.
- Outlets confirmed the exchange but differed on when it aired, with reports placing it before either Game 3 or Game 5 of the World Series.
- The series context loomed large, as the Toronto Blue Jays lead the 2025 World Series 3–2 after a 6–1 Game 5 win, with Game 6 set for Friday in Toronto.
- A Dodgers championship this year would give Betts a fourth ring, leaving him one shy of Jeter’s five.