http://www.cheatersguidetobaseball.com/2007/10/17/varitek-pine-tarring-his-fingers/ Baseball, Cheating, and Rules discussion at the author's blog for the Cheater's Guide to Baseball Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.cheatersguidetobaseball.com/2007/10/17/varitek-pine-tarring-his-fingers/#comment-1073 DMZ Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:18:27 +0000 http://www.cheatersguidetobaseball.com/2007/10/17/varitek-pine-tarring-his-fingers/#comment-1073 Oh, the footage is great - Varitek looks like he's been caught shoplifting or something. It's hilarious to watch. Oh, the footage is great - Varitek looks like he’s been caught shoplifting or something. It’s hilarious to watch.

]]> http://www.cheatersguidetobaseball.com/2007/10/17/varitek-pine-tarring-his-fingers/#comment-1069 Lance Elroy Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:55:23 +0000 http://www.cheatersguidetobaseball.com/2007/10/17/varitek-pine-tarring-his-fingers/#comment-1069 I did notice that Varitek wears nice white batting gloves when he was hitting, so no use for pine tar on his bare hands for hitting. I used to be a catcher in college, but never pulled the pine tar trick for the Pitcher. I just wanted you to be aware of it because Varitek looked real spooked when the camera turned on. He shut the pine tar rag immediately when the camera turned on, it was clear he was rubbing pine tar on his throwing hand. I'm with you though, not sure it was for the advantage of the pitcher, maybe it was just to assist Jason for throwing, but it caught my eye and looked strange. I did notice that Varitek wears nice white batting gloves when he was hitting, so no use for pine tar on his bare hands for hitting. I used to be a catcher in college, but never pulled the pine tar trick for the Pitcher. I just wanted you to be aware of it because Varitek looked real spooked when the camera turned on. He shut the pine tar rag immediately when the camera turned on, it was clear he was rubbing pine tar on his throwing hand. I’m with you though, not sure it was for the advantage of the pitcher, maybe it was just to assist Jason for throwing, but it caught my eye and looked strange.

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