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newgroom422 Was there any denial from Scott on the accusations of scuffing the ball?-
BaseballLab From a 2002 Interview, you decide!
RK: One big controversy that arose during the 1986 season and followed you for the rest of your career were accusations that you doctored the ball in order to pitch more effectively. The Mets handed over dozens of supposedly "scuffed" baseballs to the league commissioner during the 1986 playoffs to no effect. Don Sutton stated later that some pitchers on the staff scuffed balls while he was in Houston, but this was before you joined the team. Did you ever doctor the ball? Did anyone else on the staff? Or were you letting the imaginations of the opposing team get the best of them?
MS: I let the imaginations of the opponents' get the best of them.
http://www.astrosdaily.com/players/interviews/Scott_Mike.html
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Mike Scott in 86 and Some Methodology Answers
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... The best pitching season in the Fantasy Era, turned in by someone who isn't to be elected to the Hall of Fame, was Mike Scott's 1986 campaign. He was great, coming in with the 9th best FBHOF score. ...
