Jeter A Jerk?

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It was an error on the umpires part. Jeter didn't obscure the umps vision and there are 3 other umps on the field that can be consulted with. Not to mention that it sounded like the ball hit wood, not a person. The umps blew it, period. The "people are in an uproar" will soon go back to ignoring baseball unless there is something to hate on. I prefer to call out a guy for cheating when he actually breaks a rule.

We now live in a world where the best basketball player is hated because he has a large ego, one of the top football players is disliked because he does a lot of commercials and now one of the best baseball players is disliked because he tricked an umpire? And this is progress....

I think the people are in an uproar more because of who did it, than the actual act itself. Like I said before, the guy who did it has been a put on a pedestal his whole career for the way he plays the game (almost to a holy level) and now he overacted his way onto first base. If it was anybody else (maybe except A-Rod), this would have been a non story that would have been forgotten now. But since it was a guy who has been a boyscout his whole career, the thing has been blown way out of proportion.
Bottom line, it was just another blown/bad call but the umps.