<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash">#Dodgers</a> offense might be slumping. In their last 3 games they've faced Felix Dubrount, Jesse Chavez and Mike Fiers and had 3 total hits</p>— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) <a href="https://twitter.com/markasaxon/status/634906556254023680">August 22, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> When you think our offense is bad...
i fell asleep somewhere in between the post game show on 790, and woke up in the middle of their national show, in which they were going all pine tar and the no hitter not being special anymore. had one of those dodgers done it, they'd be all over it.
If the grounder had hit the runner, which it very nearly did, Utley would have been credited with a hit and the runner would have been out. If that had ruined a no-no, that would have been awful.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/darnellfung">@darnellfung</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB">@MLB</a> Astros fan saying that's not sweat <a href="http://t.co/j6hw54ggTR">pic.twitter.com/j6hw54ggTR</a></p>— rich gang (@YungSpood) <a href="https://twitter.com/YungSpood/status/634926402756734976">August 22, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Kazmir was brought to Houston to pitch in games like tonight, and he is going to deliver. A 2 to 1 game in favor of the Astros and Gattis will do something good in the game. Is a pity Marisnick will probably not play. Right now I would use him over Tucker for defense against these pitchers as we are going to have low scorings.
I watched a replay of the game. Fiers rubs that spot on his glove every time a ball is hit out of play. I started noticing it after the 4th, but it's pretty obvious. A ball is hit foul and while the umpire is watching it Fiers goes to his glove. He does it against Pederson in the 5th, Gonzalez in the 7th, Hernandez in the 8th, Pederson in the 8th on a ball in the dirt, against Pederson again on a foul in the 8th, Rollins and Turner in the 9th... It doesn't bother me that he was using it. Definitely can't deny it after re-watching the game.
Boy, I got 3 free tickets from a neighbor who didnt want to go to the game. They were regretting their decision big time.
Nope. I watched the game live and had no clue it was going on. While looking for him to go to the spot on his glove in a replay, I noticed it almost 10 times. Umpires usually have to be informed by the opposition that something is being used, such as the Red Sox-Yankees Pineda incident. The unwritten rule is that you don't mention it unless the pitcher is being blatantly obvious. It doesn't bother me and I don't consider it a huge advantage. If there was definitive proof would you be upset with the outcome? I don't have the means to create a clip of everytime he rubs his glove there but if you can rewatch the game look for any fresh ball being introduced. Like I've said, it doesn't bother me. I was just curious about the whole ordeal.
Also (not directing this at you Bobloblaw) they had his jersey and glove after the game so they would have found something in it if it was pine tar. PLus the umps have the baseballs during at bats so they would have also found something. Once again it's all speculation
It wouldn't really bother me, but that wasn't my point. I'm not saying I don't believe you, but why can't it simply be a habit or routine? I've played sports and there were random "spots" I'd touch on equipment simply out of sheer habit, superstition, whatever. I'm not saying it can't be tar -- just that the "definitely can't deny" wording seems rather extreme.
I'll admit that the wording was extreme. I'm convinced, but you could still deny it given that we have no direct evidence. It's very peculiar that he only touches that spot on his glove for a few seconds when the umpire is distracted watching a foul ball or grabbing a fresh ball. He doesn't touch it under any other circumstance in the game that I noticed so I doubt it's just a habit. In regards to the authentication, they don't get access to the glove or jersey. They actually showed those items in the locker room. His jersey looked clean and the only thing you could really point to would be a brown stain on the middle of his hat bill which is probably dirt. The authentication process involves only the game balls. I only got involved in this to prove a friend who is a Dodgers fan wrong. Oh well.
