New York Yankees star Derek Jeter’s on-field performance the other night against the Tampa Bay Rays has definitely caught the eye of the sports world.
In case you missed Jeter’s trickery, just click HERE to watch it.
Everyone from NASCAR drivers to retired NFL players to Jeter himself was asked their opinion on the situation.
As expected, answers were extensively wide-ranging, from anger to praise for the Yankees Captain.
Jeter admitted in the post-game that it had hit the bat and the umpire told him to go to first base. Jeter didn’t outright ...
Derek Jeter is loved by many and hated by more. No matter what he does, there are still going to be people who hate him and people who love him. On Wednesday night, a Chad Qualls fastball ran inside on the Yankees captain, and Jeter spun around, acting as if he was hit by the pitch. However, the replay showed that the ball hit the bat and missed Jeter entirely. Jeter later admitted that the ball hit the bat, but his acting convinced the umpire, and he was awarded first ...
Last Night Rewind
The limited slate of games last night did yield some solid performances from the Giants, who took over first place last night. Jonathan Sanchez struck out 12 in seven innings of work yesterday while allowing only one run on four hits. Better still, after walking seven in his last outing he did not walk a batter in last night's game.
Rodrigo Lopez has been up and down over the better part of the season, but he has looked solid in September. In his three starts, he has surrendered six ...
He is, to me, the only likable Yankee—Curtis Granderson excluded.There's no profundity in hating the New York Yankees, I realize that. A rumpled sportswriter once said that rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for U.S. Steel; that quote could be updated, and you'd substitute Microsoft or Comcast for U.S. Steel.So I'm not the Lone Ranger when it comes to being anti-Yankees.But nor do I think I'm alone in my admiration of Derek Jeter.Jeter, the most classy of the Yankees. The best of ...
There is not much to report on today thanks to the off-day yesterday. Obviously the Yankees start a three game series against the Orioles tonight. A.J. Burnett starts tonight, CC Sabathia goes tomorrow and Sunday is the triumphant return of Andy Pettitte. Also, don’t miss our pieces on Derek Jeter, everybody is overreacting about a play that spurred Jess to write an article on instant replay.
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The Yankees have announced details for the George Steinbrenner monument ceremony scheduled to take place September 20th.
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This article is in response to an article featured in the New York Times, "Crime Blotter Has a Regular: Yankees Caps," by Manny Fernandez.
This is the dumbest thing that I've ever had the privilege of reading. People are so close-minded. So because a person commits a crime, they can't be a sports fan, or at least have an allegiance to a home team? Because you decide to commit a crime in the city where you live, you can not be proud of where you are from? Because you want to ...
Go ahead, tell me that I have no respect for the integrity of baseball. It's true, I'm the one who thinks all the perjury charges against Roger Clemens should be dropped and that his name and face should be on a plaque in Cooperstown next to Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Manny Ramirez.The list of players who have been ostracized from baseball history due to their habits of "cheating" is getting so big that it's becoming ridiculous. And after Wednesday night, due to the extensive coverage the incident has been ...
There is some controversy today over whether Derek Jeter was wrong for taking a free base he didn't earn. If you don't know the story, Jeter faked getting hit by a pitch, and if they had an "Best Performance by an Athlete" category for the Oscars, he'd have claimed himself a nomination.
The ump bought it and gave him the base. Afterward, Jeter admitted that he wasn't hit so the facts aren't in question. The question everyone is discussing now is whether he should have taken the base and how it ...
Last night, Derek Jeter created one of the most controversial moments of this entire baseball season by pretending to get hit by a pitch from Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chad Qualls and was awarded first base. With a national TV audience and with this game being in the middle of a heated pennant race, Rays manager Joe Maddon found himself ejected before Yankee center fielder Curtis Granderson hit a two-run home run to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead. However, the Rays did not allow this incident to deter them, ...
It makes me chuckle. Really, it does. I sit back and listen to people, both fans and broadcasters whine and moan about instant replay in baseball.
They point fingers at Derek Jeter’s infamous home run in 1996 against the Baltimore Orioles. They cast aspersions at Jim Joyce for blowing the call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Then there was the uproar about the ball hit by Gaby Sanchez of the Marlins in the ninth inning of a game against the Phillies that was called foul, but was apparently fair.
Proponents ...