A-Rod: Jeter and I don't have slumber parties anymore

It's too soon to start picking on Alex Rodriguez, right? Right? Sometimes it's just impossible to resist. It looks like A-Rod's 2007 PR strategy is to spill his guts to the media. Today, on his very first day in camp, A-Rod admitted that his "relationship with Derek Jeter has cooled." (No way!) From ESPN:

"We were best of friends about 10, 13, 14, years ago, and we still get along well. We have a good working relationship. I cheer very hard for him. He cheers hard for me. And most importantly, we're both trying to win a world championship," Rodriguez said.

What's changed? He made it sound as if they had just grown apart.

"The reality is there's been a change in the relationship over 14 years and, hopefully, we can just put it behind us," Rodriguez said. "You go from sleeping over at somebody's house five days a week, and now you don't sleep over. It's just not that big of a deal."

"Let's make a contract: You don't ask me about Derek anymore, and I promise I'll stop lying to all you guys," A-Rod told reporters.

There you have it. No more sleepovers. Step right up and place your bet on what will happen in the next episode of the Yankees 2007 soap opera. Will Derek respond?

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