The article mentions that Chris Carlin, the broadcaster who made the statements about Jeter, works for Sportsnet NY (SNY). What they do not mention is that SNY is owned by the Wilpons who also happen to own the crosstown Mets. If anyone wants to kill a few hours they can go ahead and do a search on the Wilpons and take a good look at their shady behavior, and shady is being nice. Jeter on the other hand is a guy nobody has ever been able to pin anything bad on, and finding something bad would have made someone in the NY media VERY rich and famous.
I was going to mention that, too. Does the phrase “sour grapes” apply here?