I don’t think he is doing anything other than being on a hot streak. Good pitchers go on Great runs from time to time.
I think the Blue Jay fans are just mad because they suck...or Canadian. One or the other.
What? This came up over a week ago. Are these folks just now hearing about it.
Cool...we haven’t had a good spitballer apprehension in years.
Bull Frog and rosin has been the go to for quite awhile now. Also, the humidity in that park in Toronto is supposed to be like zero. Pitchers can’t hang on to the ball.
And a Mickey Mantle bat that just went up for auction was x-rayed and reveled that he corked his bat.
I’m all for jacking the mount back up and loosening the cover on the baseball like it was back before the steroid era.
Of course I won’t get my way and apparently the DH is coming to the NL soon.
Jack Morris apologizes to Buchholz (ESPN, May 10, 2013)
rickmichaels: Why post this stupid old story from 5/2/13 on 5/13/13 when the "scandal" was all over as of 5/10/13?
Joe Niekro was caught with a nail file in his back pocket. What I never understood was how was he supposed to cheat with that nail file, if you are going to cut or scratch up a ball there are better ways to do it than with a three inch nail file kept in your back pocket. What was he doing, taking it out and cutting up balls right in front of everyone? He might have been doing something to get the complaint, but I bet that nail file was for his fingernails for the knuckler, and he shouldn’t have had it on the mound as a foreign object. Does anyone know how he was supposed to cheat with a nail file in his pocket?
Freegards
I just read a book on how Lorne Michaels started SNL back in 1975 and introduced us to all the Not Ready For Prime Time Players such as Jane Curtin and Dan Ackroyd. Now during that time, it was alleged that Gaylord Perry was doctoring the ball (spitballs) with everything from Gatorade to K-Y jelly. Now interesting tidbit on Gaylord Perry, he was not known for being a very good hitter and one of his managers stated that men would land on the moon before Gaylord ever hit a home run. Strangely enough, Gaylord would actually hit his first major league home run on July 20, 1969, just an hour after men landed on the moon for the first time.
Spitballs are only illegal if you get caught.
Gaylord Perry admitted throwing spitters....he made it into the hall of fame.
you cant accuse, unless you are the opposing team DURING the game. then it is up to the umpire to inspect the ball and make a decision.
accusations after the fact can only prompt the umpires during the next game to inspect the ball, not cause any actions for previous games.