Cal Ripken Jr reveals he was peeved at Alex Rodriguez during last All-Star Game for pushing him to shortstop

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The MLB All-Star Game in Seattle on Tuesday marked the first time the event was held in the city since 2001. In that event, baseball legends Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn both said goodbye to fans as they made their last appearances at the "Midsummer Classic."

Ripken ended up hitting a home run and being named the game’s MVP. When he checked into the game at then-Safeco Field, fellow All-Star Alex Rodriguez moved over to third base and allowed Ripken to play his primary position of shortstop.

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Cal Ripken Jr., right, asked to move to the shortstop position by Alex Rodriguez, left, during the first inning of the baseball All-Star game July 10, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle. (JOHN MABANGLO/AFP via Getty Images)

On Tuesday night, before the All-Star Game began, Ripken and Rodriguez recalled the epic moment. The Baltimore Orioles star said he was pretty peeved at A-Rod for the move.

"Well, now that you brought it back up, I was kind of pissed at you, to be honest with you," Ripken said on the broadcast before the game.

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Cal Ripken Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles, during the 1995 All Star Weekend on July 10, 1995 at The Ballpark at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)

"... I hadn't been over there in a while. I got this big old glove on my hand that they made that they called humongous. I go, 'How am I going to go back over there and turn a double play?’"

Ripken said he was mic'd up at the time and had "to choose my words very