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studes Boy, this is something I just don't pay attention to during a game. I'll bet it happens a lot more than I suspect.
Maybe I should buy that book?.....
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tziller They should take away the Angels' World Series title...-
Exick haha, spoken like a true Giants fan. They should take away all Barry's homers too.
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cavalier92 I heard this guy on Jody Mac's show in Philly today and was stunned when he said this happened Monday. I thought the days of the spitball or vagisil ball were long gone -
constancio I paid attention to Frankie's rocky outing last night and didn't see him go to his cap at all. -
wdbrady CHEATER!!! :P
The M’s can stop playing now
U.S.S. Mariner —
... Over on the Cheater’s Guide Blog, I look at the Angels’ K-Rod cheating in the first game of the year.
Fouled-Off Bunts: Boy In The Rain Edition
Capitol Punishment —
... . What is it about these dirty, cheating Angels relievers???
K-Rod and suspicious behavior
Lone Star Ball —
... Derek Zumsteg has a post up, with photographs, detailing some suspicious behavior by K-Rod earlier this week against the Rangers...
Cheater, cheater
THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball —
... Zumsteg takes a look at K-Rod.
F-Rod Is A Big Fan Of The Bottom Of His Cap
Deadspin —
... Zumsteg has set up a blog for the book, and he thinks caught Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez messing with the ball a couple of nights ago.
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, B.D.?
Well, Deadspin linked t...
Chronicles of the Lads —
... Well, Deadspin linked to this, so you've probably seen Derek Zumsteg's argument that K-Rod doctors the ball.
K-Rod Cheating?
Texas Rangers —
... Crazy conspiracy theorists? Not exactly. David Zumsteg of U.S.S. Mariner, who recently published a book entitled “The Cheater’s Guide to Baseball,” looked more closely at the incident yesterday with the aid of MLB.TV. His conclusion? K-Rod was cheating, and quite blatently. Zumsteg breaks down each pitch and includes various pictures of Rodriguez grabbing the brim of his cap, and also has this particularly telling quote:
Cheater’s Guide Blog: Francisco Rodriguez doctoring the ball
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
... Cheater
K-Rod Cheating?
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... , may have uncovered some shady behavior on the part of Angels' closer Francisco Rodriguez. He's got screenshots of the mysterious substance over at his blog. Derek mentions in the comments that the Rangers complained to the Commissioner's Office after the game.
Ducksnorts! Ducksnorts!
Will's Title is Too Long —
... ered nicely. All offseason, we heard that he tends to implode at some point after starting a game well. If that is the case, one would expect him to allow more runs during the middle innings than the first few. Well, he s a quick chart of his 2006 runs by inning: Well, the second inning really skewers that data, doesn t it? All told, he allowed 57 runs in innings 1-3 and 58 runs in innings 4-6. Guess that hypothesis does not hold up. Shaggy Guerrier is such an absurd luxury. The Twins getting better production from their mop-up man than most teams get from their alternative set-up man. Michael Cuddyer showed why baseball is a funny game. He crushes a ball yesterday and hits into a double-play, then turns around and hits two ducksnorts for RBI singles today. Of course, karma also decided that a foul ball needed to split open his chin requiring surgery. Jason Bartlett looks like he needs a little more fire in the belly. In case you hadn t heard, Francisco Rodriguez is a
Cheaters Never Win! (Part II)
High and Tight. —
... Don't believe me? That's fine. Check out the Cheater's Guide, and please read the whole thing as it gets worse and worse towards the end. If you're going to cheat, at least don't act like a complete jerk and showboat about it (Sosa, Rogers, Rodriguez...)
Baseball Blogs: Watching the Watchers of the Watchers
Depressed Fan —
... For the sake of my fantasy teams, I hope the guys at The Cheater’s Guide to Baseball Blog are wrong about K-Rod. They’re saying they have visual proof that Francisco Rodriguez is doctoring the ball on the mound.
THT Links: Pirates in First!
The Hardball Times —
... - MLB reached an agreement with several cable companies yesterday to keep MLB Extra Innings on their network. Being a poor graduate student, this did not impact my life in the least. K Doctor - In his Cheater's Guide to Baseball blog, Derek Zumsteg points the finger at
Link Roundup: Thursday 4/5
Beyond the Box Score —
... *Is K-Rod Cheating? You be the judge.
Random News around the League
The GYS Network —
... 1. FRod's magic tricks are revealed
MLB Investigating K-Rod For Ball Doctoring
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
... There's already been a bunch of stuff following Derek Zumsteg's video accusations of K-Rod doctoring the ball. The
Catfish Stew: Game 3 Summary: Wasn't Watching Edition
Catfish Stew —
... . That last game was perhaps the most exciting of the birthday games, ending as it did on a Marco Scutaro walk-off single. For those of you doing math, and realizing 14 35, consider that for much of the 1970s and '80s, baseball season didn't start until a week after my birthday. Philip Michaels, Accomplished Evaluator of Talent : My main man Jay Marshall pitched again. Three up, three down on five pitches. Strategery : The A's open up a four-game series against their hated rivals from a remote Southern California municipality tonight, and if Derek Zumsteg is to be believed , should Francisco Rodriguez come out to protect a ninth-inning Angels lead , Bob Geren may want to ask the ump to check his cap. (Thanks to
K-Rod Cheating?
baseballmusings.com —
... Derek Zumsteng presented pictorial evidence a couple of days ago of Francisco Rodriguez using a substance on the brim of his cap to doctor the ball . Now,
What Some People Will Do to Sell a Book
FutureAngels.com —
... An early candidate for biggest non-story of 2007 is an allegation by a book author named Derek Zumsteg that Francisco Rodriguez doctors the ball when he pitches.
Friday’s Fast Walk Around the AL & NL West
SOX & Dawgs —
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Major League Baseball is looking to Angels pitcher Francisco Rodriguez’s alleged doctoring of a baseball.
DICE-K HAS GREAT WARM-UP IN TRIPLE-A
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop —
... of cheating, even though he blatantly doctored the ball against the Rangers... The only thing worse than the
New Season, Same Disgust
The Feed —
... There was a bit of controversy on the interwebs about Frankie Rodriguez of Anaheim. Derek Zumsteg, author of The Cheater's Guide To Baseball, exposed some evidence on his blog of K-Rod going to his cap an awful lot on opening night against Texas.
K-Rod is going to Kentucky
Sportsfrog.com —
... Is K-Rod cheating? It's definately not the clear. He says it rosin. Here is a critical analysis of camera shots, pitching results and other microscopic details.
Some blogger
BaseBlogging —
... . He recently wrote a post, with pictures and video stills, that detailed how Francisco Rodriguez was using a foreign substance. The story actually gained quite a bit of steam. It was discussed on Baseball Tonight last night, and now
K-Rod is a Pretender
Stop Mike Lupica —
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Because K-Rod is a Pretender:
Zumsteg : Getting Famous For Fucking With F-Rod’s Head
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... and “SportsCenter” earlier this week with his carefully researched accusations that Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez has been doctoring the ball, using the underside of the bill of his cap to smear some kind of gooey goodness.
Angels Open Series in Milwaukee Tonight
Big A Baseball —
... to his cap — all perfectly legal) than anything ’slippery’. Brendan Donnelly was caught with pine tar in his glove last season which he attributed, basically, to his being a big fat sweaty guy. Hence the need for something to counteract the fountain of sweat erupting from his body. Apparently rosin just was not getting the job done. Starting the year in the cooler confines of Fenway Park should help Donnelly and his perspiration problem. Then again, the humidity of Boston in mid to late summer could open up his personal spigots yet again. As for K-Rod, everyone will be watching him extremely closely from here on out so if he was doing anything illegal he will not be able to get away with it from now on (unless he suddenly starts rubbing his thumb on the back of his elbow or in some other peculiar manner). If his numbers suddenly go to hell then we can logically extrapolate that he was cheating. If he remains one of the elite closers in baseball then
MLB Doesn't Really Care About Cheating
Diamond Thoughts —
... and here.
The Griddle: Book Review: 'The Cheater's Guide to Baseball' by Derek Zumsteg
The Griddle —
... Indians groundskeeper who was one of the few who ever spoke on the record about the topic. Baseball s unwritten rules have fostered cheating throughout its history. The sport s rulebook has a lot of shades of gray in it. Is a pickoff move that is sometimes called a balk and sometimes not a case of cheating? What about a ball that has just happened to pick up some fortunate scuff to it? Zumsteg now has a blog dedicated solely to cheating and has already covered stories about mysterious substances on Frankie Rodriguez s cap and T orii Hunter s champagne ...
Game 80 - Back to .500 Again
VFTB —
... Carlos Marmol is cash money. This guy reminds me of Francisco Rodriguez minus the foreign substances on the bill of the cap. It's hard to think that he was signed as a catcher. I'm wondering if, in a pinch, he'd be called on to strap on the gear and get behind the plate. Perhaps that's why Lou uses both of his catchers so liberally in late inning situations. Usually you will see a manager keep that backup catcher out of the game in case of injury. Lou routinely uses his as a pinch hitter in an effort to win the ballgame. With the All Star game on it's ...
Top 10 Sports Cheating Scandals
Cheat or Beat —
... “It was so blatant,” Cardinals hitting coach Hal McRae said. “What was so strange about it was how obvious it was, in the World Series. It’s a shame a guy would cheat in a World Series game. It hurts the integrity of the game. He wasn’t just cheating by using pine tar; he was scuffing balls, too. We collected about five or six balls that are scuffed. He had to be using his fingernails or something.” - Video
Related Scandals : Francisco Rodriguez, Jake Peavy, Brian Moehler
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Fack Youck To Angels Blog : I Spit On Your Grave
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... I’m not nearly as outraged as F.Y., mostly because this smacks of a stunt more than say, a thoughtful, thorough presentation. And besides, what would the Good Reverend like MLB do in this instance, have the Yankees forfeit a game they lost? ...
