Well, I guess THAT makes it a diving catch then.
If he'd slid instead of stumbled, nobody would remember that play. Instead he is deified for losing body control.
Look, it's a nice catch. No doubt. You could even say it's a great one and I wouldn't argue with you. But as others have said, it wasn't even the best catch of
that game by a SS. Which is tied in with the reason KO is ranting about Jeter and everyone here is eating it up. Not because we have a problem with Jeter, but because we have a problem with the deification of Jeter by fans and media. Facts be damned, he's a calm-eyed saint who is the winneriest winner who ever won and has never done anything wrong in his life.
That play has been shown a thousand times and is always referred to as a diving catch, just as you did, despite the fact that it's not and never was. It's such a perfect example of the phenomenon. Great job by Jeter, lots of respect there, but fans and media had to run with it and try and make it more than it was.