Yes, there's some sort of green substance in Jon Lester's glove caught on film, and he's definitely putting something on his fingers. Can't wait for Peter Gammons to defend him, saying he's a great guy and it the video must have been doctored by Alex Rodriguez in a plot to destroy baseball!!!
H/T The Big Lead
Update: Not surprisingly, the ESPN guys say getting caught cheating is no big deal. The great line is from Chris Singleton, who doesn't say that a minor leaguer made an accusation, he said a minor leaguer was the one who "made an excuse." He also said that when it's cold, "you have to" cheat. Unbelievable.
Better check their beards now. That's probably not yesterday's vegetable soup clinging to those facial pubes...
ReplyDeleteKD, that's gross. I like it.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, of course, when the Red Sox are cheating it's har-har-har, oh those kidders, hey that's part of baseball. When the Yankees cheat it's Armageddon and the end of baseball and well worth a witch hunt or two and character assassination via underhanded methods and somewhat questionable circumstantial evidence.
This stuff just makes me hate ESPN, its ketchup-loving commentators, and MLB. Whoever the Sox has pictures of, doing whatever with whichever animal species it is, is falling in line nicely every single time.
Which reminds me...remember how McCartney had the picture of him and the sheep on the cover of Ram, so Lennon took a picture of himself with a pig for his next LP photos? Pretty funny stuff. They knew how to have a good time when at war.
In fairness--and since when does fairness guide the judgments of a rabid sports fan--Lester did not seem to be using the foreign substance to make the ball "dance." I watched a couple of innings of the rerun of the game on the MLB Network today, and I noticed Lester going to his glove right before unleashing a perfectly straight fastball. I think that he was using the stuff to ensure a better grip in the cold--big fucking deal. It's absurd to compare this with fifteen years of steroid/HGH ingestion.
ReplyDeleteOh, to be about 41 again...
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