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As Ben Shpigel reported in Thursday’s Times, Derek Jeter admitted he was acting Wednesday night when he pretended to be hit by a pitch in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 4-3 victory over the Yankees.Jeter confirmed what replays showed: that after he squared to bunt and tried to spin away from an inside pitch by Chad Qualls, the ball struck the knob of his bat, not his elbow. Jeter reacted by wincing dramatically and cradling his elbow, and when he was awarded first base, he did not argue.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.”It’s part of the game. My job is to get on base. Fortunately for us it paid off at the time, but I’m sure it would have been a bigger story if we would have won that game.”
Maddon disliked the call but didn’t fault Jeter.
”If our guys had did it, I would have applauded that. It’s a great peformance on his part,” the Tampa Bay manager said. ”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. … Fortunately it didn’t cost us.”
The Rays responded with two runs in the bottom of the seventh and won the game 4-3 to retake first place in the American League East division.
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