Game 2 Recap
Rogers was caught brown-handed.
And there’s the photo that all of America has seen, and may be talking about tomorrow. It’ll be interesting to see if MLB does anything about it. I somehow doubt Bud has the guts to interrupt the "feelgoodstory" of the post-season.
He washed it off, and still pitched really well after inning one. But you have to wonder if he had something else. He was sure keeping his glove close after he pitched.
And now we find Kenny had a similar substance on his hand in both of the previous two rounds. Rogers said he didn't know it was there. Yeah, I can see a pitcher not being worried about his hands. How important are they, really?
I can’t give Kenny a pass. Sad, really. If you’re going to cheat, talk to Gaylord Perry and figure out how to hide it. Don’t put it on your palm. Haven’t you heard of HDTV?
Everyone on Fox is saying no big deal. Like you could use a corked bat for one at-bat, then use a legit one, and everyone would say “no-harm-no-foul.”
I doubt the Cards will make much of it either.
But Monday is an off-day. ESPN will need something to talk about. Perhaps the talk will distract Rogers.
Oh well.
The game reminded me of game 1 of the NLCS. We hit the ball hard a few times, but nothing fell in. Albert’s ball was absolutely crushed.
Detroits flares fell in, like ours did in game 1, and they got the timely hits early.
Nice job by our staff, and I thought we took strong at-bats, unless the name on the shirt was Encarnacion or Wilson. It was encouraging.
posted by Union Commish @ 10:43 PM
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It is obvious that it was not "a clump of dirt" on his hand as Rogers claims. He also stated he took a proactive approach and was not notified by the umpires, players or coaching staff. He knew it was there, he knew it was not dirt and he wanted to stir things up. I have 2 questions though. Why would Rogers take the risk in the 2nd game, 1st inning of the WS? The penalty is fairly substantial, considering Rogers could still have 1 more start in the series which would have been forfeited if TLR would have vocalized the obvious. If it turned out that it was indeed pine tar, Rogers would have been immediately ejected and would have missed the next start. To me, this does not say much for Rogers's loyalty to the Tigers Nation. Second, why didn't TLR say anything? There was nothing to lose. Did he not see it? Was he still wondering who the hell was that person who sang the National Anthem? Maybe all of America noticed it because we were all watching our Aquos TVs. One fact still remains, Rogers came out with clean hands in the 2nd inning and pitched well. Nothing was done during the game, and I don't think that MLB can do anything at this point. In Rogers defense, the FOX crew said that they had a chance to gather up the statistic that approximately 75% of pitchers use some kind of foreign substance in their careers, so he is not in the minority. Maybe next time he should be a bit more discrete and rub some jalepeno up his nose just like Eddie Harris.
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