Jeter The Cheater

[El Supremo]

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-3 Wednesday night and are now in first place in the A.L East.

Rays manager Joe Maddon was not in the dugout to see his team win because he was ejected in the seventh inning after arguing about whether or not Derek Jeter was hit by a pitch. It turns out, Maddon was correct.

With one out in the top of the seventh, Rays reliever Chad Qualls appeared to hit Jeter in the elbow. The Yankee shortstop grabbed his elbow and acted like he was in pain. However, the replay showed the ball clearly hit the end of the bat.

Maddon went out to argue and was eventually ejected by home plate umpire Lance Barksdale.

Jeter later confessed that the ball hit the bat. "He told me to go to first base. I'm not going to tell him I'm not going to first, you know," Jeter said.

Video at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/16/derek-jeter-hit-by-pitch_n_719269.html

[wilt the stilt]

1. It's baseball

what you can get away with has always been part of baseball.

[El Supremo]

3. No shit!

[Forkboy]

2. There's not a player in the league that would have fessed up to that.

[joeybee12]

4. Pfffffffffttttttttt! Any player on America's Most Beloved and Inspiring Team would have...

Jeter is a cheater...he just has kissed the media's ass for so long they return the favor.

[madinmaryland]

9. *snort* Any player on your team would have let the ball just roll through their legs...

:rofl:

[joeybee12]

10. 19 years!!!!!

Congratualtions on a new record! :toast:

[frylock]

5. wehhhh..

i don't even like jeter or the yanks, but really?!

[joeybee12]

6. If A-Hole had done this, the media would be up in arms...I'm not a fan of either...

...just noting the double standard.

[El Supremo]

7. It's the acting that makes it bad >>

He got the base, he didn't need to audition for a soap opera.

[JonLP24]

13. I can't stop laughing at that picture

:rofl:

[caraher]

8. It's not golf

Blame the umps!

As for the acting, he's still not on the level or World Cup soccer...

[Ganja Ninja]

11. It's cheating plain and simple, Jeter is a cheater!

That being said if one of the Rays had done it I would be laughing my ass off.

All's well that ends well as good triumphed over evil in the end and the Rays won the game 4 - 3.
:headbang:

[Iggo]

12. delete...picture fail