Sheffield, however, said on Friday that he trusts Jeter and Rodriguez more than any two players in major league baseball.
"Not just on this team but in all of baseball," Sheffield said.
Sheffield was never known for his congeniality during tumultuous stops in Milwaukee and Los Angeles. He blamed the media for his reputation.
"It happens because you're white and I'm black," Sheffield told the magazine. "My interpretation of things is different. You don't see it the way I see it. You write how you understand it, how you would articulate it, not how I, as a black man, would articulate it."



