I hate posting this, I really do. An Angels blog — acting in the typical Angels fan manner of, “everyone else is cheating except the Angels, and the Angels always get screwed more than other teams” — claimed it was “pretty conclusive” that Mariano Rivera spit on a baseball. Never mind that it was right in front of the base umpires. Never mind that he spits a lot in general (as do almost all baseball players). No, the Angels blog just wanted to drum up some controversy, probably with the express intention of riling up Yankees fans, but certainly with some ignorance. In any case, MLB found no evidence that Mo spit on the ball.
The most hilarious part of this: the “pretty conclusive” evidence, as claimed by the Angels blog, turns out to be the logo on Mike Scioscia’s jacket, which appeared because the scene was fading. But boy, am I glad that their crack team of video analysts was able to find the video “pretty conclusive.” Apparently they can see a 3D image on a 2D screen.
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