Monday, October 23, 2006

Sticky Situation...

Did you see the smudge in Game 2? What WAS that on Tigers pitcher Kenny Rogers' hand? Many said it looks like pine tar. Bill Plaschke of LATimes.com explores why none of the pine tar charges stuck. Of Rogers, he writes:

Since October, in three postseason starts, he has gone 3-0 with an 0.00 ERA in 23 innings.

You read that right. He has gone from possessing one of the worst records in postseason history to owning the third-longest scoreless innings streak in postseason history.

He has gone from a guy castigated for shoving a cameraman to a guy celebrating for punching the air in triumph.

Maturing? Not quite. At 41, he becomes the oldest starting pitcher to win a World Series game in history.

Cheating? Who knows? Even after the evidence was as blatant as dozens of wild Cardinals swings, it is a question that amazingly nobody wanted to broach.

The rest of his musing can be read here.

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