The Subtle art of Deception

I guess that despite the utter dominance exhibited by the Yankees ( 3-1 lead ) one had to look for other compelling stories to concentrate on.


Aron and Big Tex and Sabathia are doing what they get paid for, Jeter catches ball in foul territory and you hear comparisons to Gehrig, Ruth, and Mantle, so far be it for me to tarnish the pinstripe's, but, there was this issue with Mariano Rivera.

Did he or didn't he spit on the baseball.

YouTube clip looks damning, but I trust YouTube and Wikapedia about the same, I am always tempted to re write history in Wikapedia just to prove how fallible the internet is. MLB TV is more conclusive, and their camera angle was poor. Fox ( a good football network ) generally does not know what to do in case of a controversy anyhow.

The last legal spit baller was Burliegh Grimes, and he wore baggy pants, so you know it's been awhile. Gaylord Perry did use KY jelly, Vaseline, Brylcream ( shameless advertisements ) and then just went to his hat , his waistband and wanted the hitters to THINK he was doctoring the ball.


Advantage Gaylord.



So if Mariano was caught dead to rights, why did nothing come of it. Kenny Rogers had mysterious black stuff and was caught, but not suspended. Well he was accused, not caught, but the evidence was amplke for CSI - MLB if they wanted to prosecute.













Is it just become acceptable to cheat, does anyone really care. I do, but I am in the minority, as more and more fans seem to care less and less. Manny's return after a 50 game suspension had a countdown to Mannywood extravaganza. T-shirt sales soared, fake dreadlocks and dew rags were sold. It was alove in.

Now I don't know if Rivera was guilty, guess there is no Mall Cop to pull him over and cite him, so we'll just move along and choose to look the other way. Baseball is still big bucks, networks clammer for the stars to succeed, so dissing them for cheating is not a good thing.

I agree with Brad D , one day, McGwire gets into the HOF, likely Barry too, they might wait a few years, but memories are short, and forgiveness to easily granted.

I loved Crosby, Nash, Stills and Young, and they sang a tune called, " Teach your Children Well", so when years from now we have junior high schoolers 'blood doping', or openly scuffing balls, bulking up, remember it used to frowned upon. It used to be you hid what you did, because if caught, you'd suffer the consequences. Now we just move along.


You reap what you sow....now off to Vegas for 5 days, Cheers !