First of all his glove was in the basepath Arroyo himself was standing on the infield grass, trust me it's the background on my computer.
Webster's New World Dictionary - Cheat - Verb - to violate rules deliberately, as in a game
He violated the rules and then said afterwards that he would have done it again given the chance, which shows that he clearly thought about what he was doing, which makes it dedliberate, proving you wrong it was cheating.
Major League Baseball Official Rulebook, Rule 7.09- A runner is called out if...... (k) In running the last half of the distance from home base to first base while the ball is being fielded to first base, he runs outside (to the right of) the three foot line, or inside (to the left of) the foul line and, in the umpire's judgment, interferes with the fielder...
This rule proves that had he run into Arroyo he would have been called out for, guess what, interference. You said he would have been safe had he run into Arroyo, this proves you once again, wrong...
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