2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

[dland24]

Gaylord Perry is in the hall, pitchers back in the day doctored the ball with impunity. Kenny Rogers did it in the world series, cheating is en grained in the culture of baseball.

This why steroid anger is hilariously stupid.

THANK YOU!

 

[7thave btn 31stn33rd st]

Red Sox have a few cheaters in that clubhouse.

 

[dmxfury]

Ah the Cards...c'mon.

 

[DeadsetAce]

Red Sox have a few cheaters in that clubhouse.

you should talk

 

[7thave btn 31stn33rd st]

you should talk

 

[Hahahaha]

Lester is a pile of ****. They can't do anything about it. Game is over. They'll check his glove next start though. If they would have caught him during the game he would have been ejected. That's it.


Anyone been listening to the MLB vs Alex case? Wow. Baseball is looking pretty bad

 

[green rhino123]

the classic 'caught red handed' - introducing Joe Niekro, younger brother of HOFer Phil...

 

[green rhino123]

back before babe ruth & the beginnning of the home-run era, sometimes 1 baseball would be used for the entire game (as opposed to 100+ these days!)

fans were even made to throw back hr's to recycle the ball...



so apparently, by the 7th or 8th inning back then...the baseball resembled a rotten orange being throw as pitchers would tobacco spit-ball through the whole game.

also- the ball would become so dark & spin so recklessly - batters couldn't see it well after peek sunlight hours of the day & many strikeouts occurred in late-afternoon games that probably would have been hits otherwise


quit a difference between then and now (or is it?)

 

[scuse7]

here's a vine of Lester using the substance. -

he deserves to be fined and suspended for a very long time

I did laugh out loud.

You must not watch enough baseball.

 

[ooiron manoo]

Cheating in baseball...

There's cheating in sports period, baseball and football are the worst offenders, . I love both,

"If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying." If you played organized sports, you have heard that multiple times. Unless you played your entire life in orange slices and participation trophies leagues.

It is what it is, tough for the Cards, they should've done what La Russa did.

Anyways, glove had nothing to do with the Cards ******** the bed (three errors) and Wainwright getting rocked. Stop focusing on the glove and try to steal game 2.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Rogers did it against the A's in the '06 ALCS, too. ****ing bum.

 

[jewbacca]

Using pine tar helps the pitcher grip the ball, just like rosin does. So I have no problem with a pitcher using pine tar, even if it is illegal. 

On the other hand, if he was using Vaseline or mullet grease (like Buchholz), that is completely different. The movement that can be gained from those substances is substantially different.  

 

[proshares]

Yea but it makes the ball more slippery...you're not trying to do that this time of year I'd imagine.

Plus, did Lester really look like he had above average movement? He really looked like the same old Lester

Some Cardinals fans and most Yankees fans seem to be the only one calling for his head

 

[7thave btn 31stn33rd st]

As a Yankee fan, it's my duty to take cheap shots at the Red Sox.

 

[jewbacca]

Yea but it makes the ball more slippery...you're not trying to do that this time of year I'd imagine.

Plus, did Lester really look like he had above average movement? He really looked like the same old Lester

Some Cardinals fans and most Yankees fans seem to be the only one calling for his head

if you're talking about pine tar, it does not make the ball more slippery. It gives you a stickier more tacky grip. 

 

[JD617]

 
my question is, if they find Lester was cheating, what happens? Do they replay the game or what?

 

[osh kosh bosh]

if you're talking about pine tar, it does not make the ball more slippery. It gives you a stickier more tacky grip. 

you can't put pin tar on a baseball, it can effect breaking *******, thats why its against the rules.

Gaylord is the best he even looks evil.

 

[proshares]

As a Yankee fan, it's my duty to take cheap shots at the Red Sox.

I hear you I want em to lose without all this controversy, let it sting.

Sorry Deadset

if you're talking about pine tar, it does not make the ball more slippery. It gives you a stickier more tacky grip.

Was talking about Vaseline.

 

[sole vintage]

 

[ooiron manoo]

Looks like he is sponsored by Dr. Pepper, genius.

 

[CJ616]

Awesome

 

[elpablo21]

 

[andoneflip]

Another red sox win tonight

 

[dman14]

james taylor played that off like a boss. dude sang the wrong song in the beginning, lol

 

[andoneflip]

I know he was like o beautiful then o say can you see