Jeter A Jerk?

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Originally Posted by Danzig

just got home, hubby had taped the play from earlier so he could ask me what i thought. my first reaction was jeter is a cheater..then i said that other sports should have a rule similar to hockeys 'dive' rule. we've all seen punters and kickers act as tho a defender wiped them out in an attempt to draw a flag-and sometimes it works. and now this...
he should get a suspension for his theatrics.

A suspension? For what? He was awarded 1st base before the trainer came out, etc. This stuff happens all of the time.

Anyone watch basketball? Are we going to start suspending people for flopping? How about when a reciever in football pretends they were interfered with in an attempt to get a pass interference. This happens in all sports.

The players job is to win. The officials job is to enforce the rules. This was more or less a missed call by the ump. Not cheating IMO.