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Originally posted by mcrowder
Oh my god. Inconclusive? Did you have an entirely different set of replays from everyone else? 1) the "tag" was absolutely late - Ortiz's foot was on the base long before Jeter's glove was in the area, and 2) Jeter's glove was only IN THE AREA - he totally missed the tag.
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This is classic. The fact is, as others have noted, the slide was headfirst, and it was the hand, not the foot, that first touched the bag. Second, replays did clearly show the tag made contact with the runner's back.
The slide was a pretty awkward belly-flop crash landing and the hand reaching out to touch the bag was later than observers who were anticipating the play might have perceived it to be.
The play was very, very close. I have no problem resolving the benefit of the doubt to the defense, because their miscues (high throw) were less severe than the runner's *******ization of a slide.