From the Dallas Morning News:
Major League Baseball confirmed Thursday morning that it is investigating if Los Angeles Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez doctored the baseball during two appearances against the Rangers this week.
Cool.
A Web site, The Cheater’s Guide to Baseball Blog, accused Rodriguez of having a substance under the bill of his cap and using it as he closed games Monday night and Wednesday afternoon.
I’d have divided this as “Francisco Rodriguez had a substance under the bill of his cap and is accused of using it on the ball…” since it’s entirely clear there’s something there. I know, the screencaps were from a 400k mlb.tv stream, but the press has access to better video and video equipment than I do. It’s totally there.
And I don’t mean to be a stickler, but I’m a person, not a website. But okay.
Interestingly, there’s also this:
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said he was alerted to the site on Wednesday, but he said the team didn’t contact MLB about Rodriguez.
When I heard about this, I heard that the Rangers complained to the league about it, and I should check it out. I’ll update if I find anything out.
