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Jeter's pitch controversy; Braves take on Mets
A team trainer examines Yankee Derek Jeter after the shortstop claimed a pitch hit him.
Is Jeter a cheater?
That’s the question circulating around baseball circles (or diamonds?) after the New York Yankees’ famed shortstop caught some flack for a controversial play Wednesday night.
With the Yankees trailing 2-1 in the seventh inning and Derek Jeter at the plate, Tampa Bay’s Chad Qualls threw a pitch way inside that appeared to hit something. Jeter wailed in pain and grabbed his wrist, making it seem as if the ball had struck him. But upon further review, the ball clearly hit the knob of his bat. But thanks to Jeter’s much-acclaimed acting performance, the Yankee was awarded first base and went on to score a pivotal run that helped the Yankees take the lead for while, but they ultimately lost the game.
Was this a savvy veteran move of gamesmanship or an embarrassing act of cheating by baseball’s Golden Boy? SI.com’s Joe Posnanski examines the situation.
With a football-filled weekend still a day away, here’s what else is going on in the sporting world (all times Eastern):
Atlanta Braves at New York Mets (7:10 p.m. SPSO, SNY and MLBN): The best home team in baseball travels to New York for a three-game series while trying to hold off a trio of NL West teams in the Wild Card race. The Braves held the NL East lead much of the season, but now trail the Phillies by three games and hold just a 1/2 game advantage in the Wild Card.
California at Nevada (10:00 p.m., ESPN): The Pac-10’s Golden Bears and the Western Athletic Conference’s Wolf Pack square off Friday night in a classic offense vs. defense showdown. Can Nevada’s pistol offense (592 yards per game) overcome Cal’s formidable defense, which is allowing an NCAA-low 161 yards per game?
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2 – Championships won by the Seattle Storm in the WNBA’s 14-year history. The Storm swept the Atlanta Dream on Thursday to win the 2010 title.
8 – Charges facing boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., including four felonies. Prosecutors in Las Vegas hit Mayweather with seven additional charges on Thursday in a case alleging the boxer physically struck and threatened the life of his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris, and two of their children. Mayweather faces up to 34 years in prison.
27 – Florida football players arrested since Urban Meyer became the Gators’ head coach six years ago. In all, 30 arrests have occurred during Meyer’s tenure.
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Kills me to defend a Yankee (The team the defines what's wrong with pro sports) but that's the game. Umps blow calls both ways, remember the missing perfect game, and the calls stand. Until we wire players and use video on every call it's the human element that makes the game. So far, Jeter is clean where it counts but he's playing with ARod who defined cheating with a needle? Are we really calling for a suspension for someone playing the game, and forgiving one how shouldn't deserve to use use a urnial in the locker room?
Lemme get this straight... a ball, solid object, was thrown, at high speed.. give or take 80 miles an hour, and hits a piece of wood, the end of his bat, and someone is complaining that he didnt feel the vibrations and impact of said high speed ball as it hit the end of the wooden bat??? Simple wood chopping and missing the log with the head and hitting the handle experience tells me that OUCH that crap musta hurt and felt like he got hit... Its a flippin game folks... an over priced, over paid, over sensationalized past time that I could do about as good at and would do it for $30k a year... get real.... (Ever watched basketball and see how those guys over react when they are barely touched? you would think they had been hit with this proverbial ball instead of an elbow ... woosies...)
Why do CNN reporters get so many things – things that would require just the least bit of 'paying attention', wrong? The article states "the Yankee was awarded first base and went on to score a pivotal run in his team’s comeback win." The Yankees, in fact, lost.
The Yankees didn't win the game, but certainly don't let that fact get in the way of your story. Jeter did what every baseball player would have done in the same situation. It's the same play as when they hit a weak grounder in front of the plate and pretend they fouled it off their foot (Victor Martinez did it recently versus the Rays).
then all world cup soccer players must be cheating as well.... i love how those clowns act when they get "injured".
I cant believe this is even being talked about on the news. Imagine if all the basketball players acting hurt to get a foul call were reported as cheaters...or all of the football players who writhe in pain and get taken off the field in a stretcher only to come back in the next quarter...
THIS IS UNREAL. WE NEED TO HAVE A CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY INTO DEREK JETER'S INEXCUSABLE ACTIONS!!! THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE.
IN FACT, IT IS SO INEXCUSABLE THAT HE MUST BE TRADED TO MY BELOVED DETROIT TIGERS IMMEDIATELY FOR A PLAYER TO BE NAMED LATER. ONLY THEN AFTER I EXAMINE THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS OF HIS PLAYING STYLE IN A DETROIT TIGERS UNIFORM WILL I BE ABLE TO KNOW IF THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 WERE ACTUALLY TRUE.
You all should read this book:: "The Fix is In". I dare you.
wow another over paid sports athelete gets caught cheating no really what a joke they are extremely over paid and than they go out and cheat what a joke than they go wining and crying when something gets called against them bunch of cry babies nice role models.i know if i had kids the lasrt person that i would want my kid to look up to is some over priced crying sports athelete,and if thats not enough what do we do we put them on pedestal and treat them like some kind of royalty please life is way more about some sports game orsome 90 million over paid dallors they get paid
JERRY, if you want an explanation of what you just posted...read this book: "The Fix is In" I double-dog dare you?lmao
phil,ill stick with my comment its pretty self explanatory
Jerry, I agree with yiou wholeheartedly.I was just trying to share with you a possible explanation of why sports has changed so much by mentioning a book I'm in the middle of.
@phil i appologize nice to see that someone accualy has morals instead of agreeing with all this garbage called cheating
I don't buy this kind of cheating. But since it is deeply embedded in the players' culture, the only way to prevent it is to go to replay.
Who cares, steroids already killed pro sports!
Jeter cheated...bottom line...and this isn't comical about it!