Yankees legend Derek Jeter can do no wrong in the eyes of many New Yorkers. But former Miami Marlins president David Samson paints a far less flattering picture of the Bronx icon.

In an appearance on the podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” on Friday, Samson recounted an interaction he had with Jeter at the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. Both were there to honor the newly inducted Ichiro Suzuki, who was Jeter’s teammate with the Yankees and later played under Samson with the Marlins.

“I saw him in Cooperstown, and I approached him with my son, and I just said, ‘Good to see you,’ and extended my hand. And he just looked at me, and he’s much taller than I am,” Samson said, via Apple Podcasts. “And he said, ‘Oh, you brought your camera crew, I’m sure.’ And I said, ‘That’s my son.’ He said, ‘Sure it is.’ And my son was just standing there, jaw open.

“And then Derek started talking about how angry he was about everything,” Samson continued. “And I said, ‘Derek, I’m happy I live rent-free in your head. Thank you for watching the show every day.’ He had people listen to our show every day while he was still employed with the Marlins.

“And then, I just said okay, and he started walking away. I started walking away, and then he yelled across the Hall of Fame store, some terrible thing toward me. And my son was standing right there.”

Jeter took over as CEO and co-owner of the Marlins after purchasing the team with businessman Bruce Sherman for $1.2 billion in 2017. After the sale was approved, the former Yankees shorstop asked outgoing Marlins president, Samson, to fire four employees for him, a source told The Miami Herald at the time.

“And he took over the team,” Samson said, “and it turns out that he’s a shortstop, not a president.”

Jeter ran the Marlins from 2018-2021, announcing that he would no longer run the team in February 2022. Under him, the Marlins were 218-327 with one playoff appearance in 2020.

They were swept in three games in the NL Division Series by the Atlanta Braves.

Jeter no longer holds an ownership stake with the Marlins.

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