Derek Jeter talks Yankees' late-season skid, whether another Subway World Series is on the horizon

Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter and entrepreneur Brian Lee talk the launch of their new trading card platform.

Derek Jeter was back at Yankee Stadium on Thursday afternoon, but it was not for anything directly associated with the franchise he helped win five World Series titles.

Instead, he joined his business partner Brian Lee to officially launch the Arena Club – a new sports card collecting platform that hopes to serve as a "bridge" between the long-lasting sports card collecting hobby and the up-and-coming world of digital sports collectibles.

In between talking about sports cards and the new business venture, Jeter opened up to Fox News Digital about the current New York Yankees’ rough patch down the stretch of the season. 

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Derek Jeter is introduced during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on September 08, 2021, in Cooperstown, New York. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

With a 15.5-game lead in the American League East dwindled to just five games ahead of their final game of their series against the Minnesota Twins, Jeter indicated the most important part of the skid was how they come back from it.

"Every team goes through a rough patch. It’s very difficult to win. I think a lot of times people assume that’s easy. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it," Jeter said. "Everyone goes through a rough patch, whether it’s on the field playing baseball or in business you’re gonna have bumps in the road along the way. That’s just a part of it but it’s how you bounce back from it."

Aaron Judge is also a storyline toward the end of the season. He hit his 55th home run of the season on Wednesday and is eying the American League record set by