Saturday night was bowling. Didn't do too badly, shooting 703 (218, 249, 236). Then we left to go to dinner and it was snowing! After dinner, it was snowing so hard I could barely see the road, kept staring at the flakes flying at me... we ended up getting almost 2.5" of snow, most of it melted though. Yesterday was just plain cold but warmed up enough to melt the rest of the snow. I guess we skipped fall and went right into winter already. Gonna be a long, cold, miserable winter. I'm going to need to take a trip south soon.
Tigers and Cards split the first 2 games of the world series with the Cards roughing up Justin Verlander in the first game and Kenny Rogers continuing his post-season magic with 8 shutout innings last night. But... the big controversy is, what did Rogers have on his hand in the first inning? To me, it looked like pine tar. He said it was a "clump of dirt" and he washed it off when he noticed it. The umpires and his own manager said that the umpires told him to wash it off. Rogers said no one said anything to him. Why lie about that? Is it really an issue if you're not cheating? And why didn't the Cardinals players insist that the umpires check him? They should have checked his hat, glove, sleeves, etc after they saw the substance. And if they found anything he should have been ejected. Of course, with a clean hand he pitched 7 more shutout innings so it's probably not a big deal.
Here's a picture, courtesy of ESPN, that shows his hand from last night and from game 3 of the ALCS. I see a brown spot both times. How come no one noticed this before?
Here's the picture (game 3 alcs on left, last night on right):
4 comments:
After all the years he's pitched, don't you think that Rogers would know that they could see anything on his hand? Wouldn't that qualify him as one of the dumbest cheaters in the world if he actually was cheating? To blatently go out and do it? Not to mention to really screw himself and the Tigers in the World Series.
You're talking about a guy that decided it would be ok to punch a camera man... you're also talking about a guy who is 41 and has never pitched well in the postseason. I wouldn't put it past him.
Now, did it affect the outcome of the game? Hell no, he pitched better with a clean hand. But, do I think he put pine tar on his hand intentionally? Hell yes.
I've forgiven the camera man incident, as he's been a model citizen in Detroit and a leader in the clubhouse, especially in the postseason.
Might as well let whatever the hell that was slide too, cause it didn't affect his piching any.
I just think it's cool that we have some sort of controversy to talk about, adds something to the series.
And I'm also grateful there won't be a sweep this year.
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