HYSTERIA

So while I was away this hit my inbox from a pal (courtesy of PROrumors.com:

New York Yankees television announcer Michael Key is insisting that Texas Rangers pitcher Cliff Lee is using a combination of resin and sweat to produce a “tackiness” to grip the ball, according to The New
York Daily News’ Bob Raissman.
“I would think that’s illegal,” Kay said. “If I’m Joe Girardi,
I’m telling the umpires he (Lee) has got to wear another hat.”
Video evidence (yes, we’ll see if we can find it) shows one shot where Lee is touching the bill of his cap and another shows Lee licking his fingers as he walks off the mound towards home plate.
When TBS announcer Ron Darling was asked if the Yankees should use
gamesmanship and make him change his hat. “Yeah,” Darling said. “Usually you will see umpires, if they are approached by the manager, they might make him change his hat.”
If this situation begins to get bigger, it’s possible that an act of gamesmanship could backfire on the Yankees should they decide to pursue Lee in the off-season. They could anger Lee to a point where he decides to take his services elsewhere when he becomes a free-agent.
Tread lightly.

Anyway, I was just in the car and some Yankee-loving dope was going on and on how he noticed CJ Wilson going to his cap repeatedly last night and that he was putting something on the ball. He even said "it's definitely something black under the bill of his cap". Well genius, that's because the underside of the bill of an MLB cap is black. What an idiot.

I guess when the modern-day Murderer's Row couldn't get any hits against Wilson., it must be because he's throwing spitters.

Good to be back by the way.