Derek Jeter tries to win by any means necessary, minus steroids. He showed this in Wednesday's game versus the Rays.
Top of the Seventh, Yankees are down 2-1, Chad Qualls on the mound. Qualls pitches inside and hits Jeter.
Or did he?
Replays show that the ball hit off the end of the bat, not Jeter's left arm. Manager Joel Madden was ejected by the home plate umpire Lance Barksdale after arguing. Regardless, Jeter took first and Curtis Granderson came up to bat. Granderson went yard and brought the Yankees ahead 3-2.
The Rays would eventually come back, but controversy swirls around one of baseball's most loved players. Jeter admitted to his acting skills after the game. There's no doubt to me that there would be more uproar if the Yanks had won.
My view of Jeter has not changed. To be honest, I've done similar shenanigans in my baseball games. I didn't try to sell it though, I just went for first. What's the umpire gonna do?
I know they're two totally different environments and scsenarios, but human error is a huge part of baseball, so let 'em make errors.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/vote-do-you-think-derek-jeter-is-a-cheat-091610
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