K-Rod: Is Francisco Rodriguez Doctoring the Ball?
by Rev Halofan on Apr 5, 2007 1:07 AM PDT
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PrintIf Francisco Rodriguez were doctoring the ball and has been for some time, why - after every team has hours of video of him pitching that they study - why has no team called or an inspection of his uniform or equipment?
You're tellin' me that his deliberate mannerisms on the mound that are relatively consistent through his six seasons in the majors are suddenly suspicious because a BLOGGER saw a reflective patch somewhere in the bill of his cap in a game THIS season?
The Chronicler picks the report apart quite well, but i must re-state my case: Why now?
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Scott K. | 04-Apr-07 at 6:33 pm | Permalink
It's the chicken or egg argument that DMZ seems to be missing here. You say he rubs his thumb on the smudge to doctor the ball. OK...but consider the other way around. Is the smudge THERE because that's WHERE he rubs his thumb? Do you have any video of his hat BEFORE the very first time he ever touched his hat that night?
Look again at this set of photos:
http://web.mit.edu/baxamusa/Public/does_krod_cheat.JPG
Look JUST above the point, roughly where his first joint is in his pointer finger, and you see the white is there as well. I'm just trying to be fair here, but you seem so caught up in saying that he is rubbing his thumb on the "doctoring substance", that you fail to realize that, as a creature of habit and OCD actions, if he were to rub his thumb on that part of his hat WITHOUT a substance there, that's where the substance would end up.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 5, 2007 3:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha
by david h on Apr 6, 2007 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Go watch a game in that dump McAffee
NEW USER = PLANT
should I track down his myspace
oh wait, we're BETTER than that!
This is really a nonissue...
Much more
PANTHER!
by Downing Rules on Apr 5, 2007 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Why now, Rev?
It is because the A's are coming to town and need some sort of edge to start the series. They are down in the standings and in momentum. They are trying to get a psychological edge right away, as they do not have the intangibles we have at this point in time.
Carrasco doing it too?
New year, new hats with black underneath.
Nice Observation
by Downing Rules on Apr 5, 2007 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Preposterous
There's only one man on the face of the Earth other than K-Y who knows the truth. And that man is: Ken Higdon.
downingrules? Would you please make the call.
My connections have been cut off...
So, I think I have been cut off from my front office connections. Sorry.
by Downing Rules on Apr 5, 2007 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I was told to tell you
A Red Herring...
GO HALOS!!!!!!!
question here guys...
New material means more wicking of sweat
From mlb.com:
3. Moisture and vapor management -- For the 59FIFTY game cap, moisture management takes moisture and wicks it away from the skin and moves it into the fabric. The fabric accepts the moisture and accelerates drying, keeping the player cooler and dryer. For the 39THIRTY BP cap, vapor management helps to eliminate moisture from even forming -- a very visible difference between the BP and game cap fabric. The BP cap also has a half-moon gusset and piping along the sides for added vapor management.
Article on the hat 3/15/2007:
LINK -to- STORY
Alternate article from USA Today 2/20/20007
LINK -to- STORY
The USA Today story seems to tell a different story...the new hats should alleviate the white salt forming on the brim of the cap...interesting.
Maybe Frankie is one of the holdouts using an old wool version...
by Downing Rules on Apr 5, 2007 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
"Why does he fall down?"
The other was, "Why dose he tug, (touch, adjust, etc., etc.) his cap?".
And the one I never get tired of answering is, " Why does K-Rod point, spin, turn, scream, do banzai, look up, etc., etc., whenever he strikes out an opponent, or ends the game for a save or a win?"
Most other P's are tugging at something else....
I remember a good close-up of Jerry Reuss of the Dodgers when I was a kid, he was diggin' for gold in his nose whilst innocently sitting in the dugout. Downright comical and nasty.
by Downing Rules on Apr 5, 2007 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
The salt of the earth
I work at the "salt mines" every day...
I had to laugh, coz I knew nobody else would.
When was the last time we have seen a Morton salt advertisement? :) Is there a Morton Salt Stadium? Or is that where the Braves play now? :P
by Downing Rules on Apr 5, 2007 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Morton Thiokol
Where was I when I learned about the space shuttle Challenger blowing up on 1/28/86? I had just arrived at the dock at Na Thon on the west coast of Koh Samui in Thailand. After checking for mail at the post restante I checked out an open air used book market. A fellow American came up to me and told me about the description of the launch that his beach bungalow owner had hand gestured for him. He interpreted the description as an explosion. This was in the years before television on Koh Samui. There was no airport on the island then. Newspapers did not arrive until two days later to confirm the disaster.
Morton Thiokol's home office was on North Thacker Drive in Chicago. I remember that because a company selling MLB videotapes was on the same street. On that trip I stayed at Bungalow Bills at the south end of Lamai beach. Yes, the Gulf of Siam is salty.
Been all over Asia, but never to Thailand...
About tonight's game: Sold my good duckets for cash and used some of the excess to get myself some cheepie tickets! Look for the idiot with the baby stroller in the family section.
by Downing Rules on Apr 5, 2007 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
All Along, Frankie was the Puppet
He knows what to say
He's the salt of the earth
He knows his place
ya got me
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