Yeah, that was a BS excuse, of course. Cruz sensed the wall and pulled up short — the video replay makes that very clear. I’ve seen Bobby Abreu do that many times when he played RF for the Yanks, but never in a spot like that.
And what an insult to Josh Hamilton that spent the entire playoffs with a sports hernia and still went all out.........I wouldn’t have blamed him if he popped Cruz in the mouth for that.
And thing is now, nobody will give a crap about the 8 post season HRs he hit, all they’ll remember is his sandbagging.