A-Rod fucked up, he should have ran straight through, he might have knocked the ball away anyway without doing it hella obvious, or even slid under the tag. Also if he ran through they might have called interference cuz there was another player in the basepath and he didn't have the ball. Either way Jeter would have at least been at second cuz there was no play other than the one at first, that would have changed the way the pitcher approached Sheffield and who knows what would have happened.
I think the Yankees will still win tomorrow anyway.