He did? He got kicked out of the game? Who was that masked man Pitching the rest of the game?
Busted implies he was caught and punished. He was asked to clean his hands, he did. He was not kicked out of the game, LaRussa (AFTER INSPECTING A BALL IN THE DUGOUT) did not ASK for him to be checked -- ERGO Tony LaRussa knew that there was no illegal substance on the ball.
OH NO WAIT, I got it, Tony LaRussa is actually being paid off by Rogers to look the other way. Yeah, that's the ticket.
BOTTOM LINE - LaRussa and half the Cardinal roster looked at the ball in the dugout and said nothing. Are you actually going to say that they would not have said something and demanded Rogers be inspected if the ball had something on it? If that is the case, then Tony LaRussa is the biggest Moron on the planet and deserved to lose that game.
LaRussa is a very passive coach and always has been. But even worse is the other coach is one of his best friends. LaRussa has been called on his passiveness many times over the years here. That's just the way he coaches.
However, how can the umps kick him out WHEN he already washed his hands BEFORE he came back out on the field.
Oh yeah, busted means just that. When I see 2 pictures of a pitcher, in 2 different games with the same "dirt" in the same spot....That's BUSTED.