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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Intentionally getting in the way of the double-play throw after his fly ball was caught. It hit him in the butt -- he watched it all the way in and let it hit him. Had the ball not hit him, Sheffield would have been doubled up at first.
Actually, the umps blew the call. Nevertheless, A-Rod intentionally broke the rules...again.
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I'm no fan of A-Rod, or his white shoes from the all-star game, but how is this "intentionally cheating" any more than an NFL lineman holding, or a cornerback hauling down a receiver trying to catch a pass, or a guard hand-checking a dribbler, or hack-a-Shaq?
Watch some baseball and you'll see all sorts of things like what you describe (I didn't see the play). The double-play slide; a runner screening a fielder from a ground ball (moving at the last moment); a first baseman sitting on a runner after an errant pickoff throw. The game has rules that bar these things (sometimes); the umps enforce the rules; the umps sometimes blow a call. It's not cheating when the umps blow the call--it's a blown call.
