Jeter Reignites Debate Over Instant Replay for Baseball

Jeter the Cheater? That may be a new nickname for New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who admitted that he faked getting hit by a Chad Qualls fastball in Wednesday night's 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. "Fortunately for us, it paid off at the time," Jeter told the press after the game, which had pennant-race implications. "But I would have been a bigger story if we would have won that game."

Oh, Derek, you're already a big story. In fact, the Internet is alive with this story, and The New York Times called Jeter's acting job an "Emmy-worthy performance." TV analyst Tim Kurkijian used terms like "genius" and "brilliant," and even Rays manager Joe Maddon - who was ejected for arguing home-plate umpire Lance Barksdale's botched call - lauded Jeter. "If our guys had did it, I would have applauded that," he told post-game reporters. "It's a great performance on his part. Several players are very good at that. And again, I'm not denigrating it. If our guy does it, I'm very happy with that if we end up getting the call."

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