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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5325251" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Yes, he's a cheater... if he's caught; if he's not on your team. Otherwise, he's<em> crafty.</em>* I'd be surprised if pitchers who doctored the ball (spitballers) didn't do so with the knowledge of several people. Ditto corking a bat; injecting steroids.</p><p></p><p>Or consider recent exhibit A: <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-jetercheater" target="_blank">Derek Jeter NOT hit by pitch.</a></p><p><a href="http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/09/16/derek-jeters-acting-job-amuses-twins-manager-ron-gardenhire/" target="_blank">Derek Jeter's Acting Job Amuses Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire -- MLB FanHouse</a></p><p></p><p>And after the game, other coaches commented about how they'd have congratulated DJ for his excellent acting if he had done so for their team.</p><p></p><p>It happens all the time.</p><p></p><p>They don't actually change the rule, but they just don't enforce it 100% the same for each player. The elite athletes get the benefit of the doubt. The playing field is tilted in their favor. Watch a pro MLB game: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_zone" target="_blank">strike zone</a> is supposed to vary from hitter to hitter, but in reality, it also varies from Ump to Ump, inning to inning, and occasionally, pitch to pitch. And from pitcher to pitcher.</p><p></p><p>Avid fans of the NBA will tell you there is no such thing as traveling for the game's elite players. In the NFL, holding occurs on every play. In the NHL, what constitutes a penalty will vary depending upon regular season vs. playoffs vs. the Stanley Cup Finals...or even within a game depending upon the score and time left...and who the penalty was committed by and committed upon.</p><p></p><p>You may be able to cross-check an enforcer in the last seconds of the Stanley Cup's final game- that's cool as far as the fans & refs are concerned. But Heaven help you if your stick tugs gently on Sid Crosby's jersey in the 3rd game of the season- you and your family will end up in the sin bin.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, a few years ago, people joked about how people were being called for penalties against Dwayne Wade during the NBA draft the season after the Heat won the championship.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>* FWIW, this is the same kind of critique that was leveled against Odysseus. He was worshipped by some and reviled by others for precisely the same reason- his use of trickery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5325251, member: 19675"] Yes, he's a cheater... if he's caught; if he's not on your team. Otherwise, he's[I] crafty.[/I]* I'd be surprised if pitchers who doctored the ball (spitballers) didn't do so with the knowledge of several people. Ditto corking a bat; injecting steroids. Or consider recent exhibit A: [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-jetercheater"]Derek Jeter NOT hit by pitch.[/URL] [url=http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/09/16/derek-jeters-acting-job-amuses-twins-manager-ron-gardenhire/]Derek Jeter's Acting Job Amuses Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire -- MLB FanHouse[/url] And after the game, other coaches commented about how they'd have congratulated DJ for his excellent acting if he had done so for their team. It happens all the time. They don't actually change the rule, but they just don't enforce it 100% the same for each player. The elite athletes get the benefit of the doubt. The playing field is tilted in their favor. Watch a pro MLB game: the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_zone"]strike zone[/URL] is supposed to vary from hitter to hitter, but in reality, it also varies from Ump to Ump, inning to inning, and occasionally, pitch to pitch. And from pitcher to pitcher. Avid fans of the NBA will tell you there is no such thing as traveling for the game's elite players. In the NFL, holding occurs on every play. In the NHL, what constitutes a penalty will vary depending upon regular season vs. playoffs vs. the Stanley Cup Finals...or even within a game depending upon the score and time left...and who the penalty was committed by and committed upon. You may be able to cross-check an enforcer in the last seconds of the Stanley Cup's final game- that's cool as far as the fans & refs are concerned. But Heaven help you if your stick tugs gently on Sid Crosby's jersey in the 3rd game of the season- you and your family will end up in the sin bin. Similarly, a few years ago, people joked about how people were being called for penalties against Dwayne Wade during the NBA draft the season after the Heat won the championship. * FWIW, this is the same kind of critique that was leveled against Odysseus. He was worshipped by some and reviled by others for precisely the same reason- his use of trickery. [/QUOTE]
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