Go Hard or Go Home

So I saw an encore presentation of the extra-inning classic between the Yanks and Sox last year made famous by Derek Jeter's dive into the stands, and I need to get something off my chest here- Red Sox fans (or Yankees haters) are dead wrong. Anyone who thinks Jeter's catch was less than spectacular is crazy. The 7,000 replays the YES Network showed proved beyond any doubt that Jeter was scarily close to the stands when he caught that ball at full stride. He did indeed try to slow down, but was too close to the stands to stop.

If you want to argue that he tried to make it more spectacular, you obviously didn't see him walk into the dugout. His face was cut, bruised, and swollen. Why would any athlete risk losing millions by ending his career via crowd diving? Jeter is a proven winner (just ask Jeremy Giambi), and made a Hall of Fame play. No questions asked.