Derek Jeter Reveals He Wore Lucky ‘Gold Thong’ in Yankees Game to Break Offensive Slump — And It Worked!

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The truth will set you free! Derek Jeter opened up about one of the unique methods he once used to beat a streak of baseball bad luck.“I once wore a thong in public in front of thousands of people … in New York,” the former New York Yankees star, 48, said during a Wednesday, February 1, appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “Do you have anything stronger than that coffee [on the table]?”Jeter’s candid remarks were made during a “True Confessions” game with host Jimmy Fallon and fellow guest Rita Ora, as they took turns guessing whether each person’s revealed secret is true or false.Fallon, 48, and the “Your Song” songstress, 32, however, were initially hesitant about the chances that Jeter actually donned a thong in public.“Where else would you wear it?

I wore it where one would wear a thong,” the New Jersey native told the pair, noting it wasn’t “his thong” that he wore.“It is the truth.

I’m going to ultimately regret playing this game, but let me explain,” Jeter went on to confess. “I had a new teammate that I played with in 2002 and he always had a gold thong hanging from his locker, and he told me, ‘Anytime you struggle, you wear the gold thong and you’re guaranteed to get a hit.’”The former infielder— who retired from professional baseball in 2014 — initially thought his fellow athlete was “crazy,” however, Jeter soon changed his tune after going through the “worst offensive stretch in my career” in 2004.“Every day I’d walk into [the locker room], he’d point at the thong, so finally I wore the thong,” Jeter explained, noting he put a pair of shorts on underneath his buddy’s underwear. “First pitch, home run!”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesWhile the Arena Club founder — who was