During plot two of the World Series , FOX cameras comment asuspicious substanceon Detroit mound Kenny Rogers ' leave hand . Rogers clean up between inning . And the arbiter decided not to call down Rule 8.02 , which say a pitcher shall not " have on his someone , or in his possession , any alien substance . For such infraction of this section the penalty shall be immediate expulsion from the game . "
What was the mystery means ? Pine old salt ? Resin ? Dirt ? If it ’s wander , cheat in the World Series will really put a damper on baseball game . Right ?
Well , maybe not . According toGantry ’s RBI Baseball Hall of Shame , baseball game musician have been doing crazy material for days . This is one of my preferred rest stops on the info expressway .
Wade Boggs : sue by a flight attendant for peril and cursing at her after she resist to serve him alcohol . He charge his finger in her brass and threatened to " kick your fat lips in . "
Pedro Guerrero : behave of drug cabal commission in June of 2002 after his attourney debate his blue IQ prevented him from understand that he agreed to a drug deal .
Tim " Rock " Raines : An admitted cocaine user who used to get high during games , Raines told reporters he sometimes kept a vial of coke in his back pocket . He would slide head - first while stealing to check that the vial would n’t break .
Bret Saberhagen : While struggling to set to the New York media , Saberhagen was once fined and suspended for spray blanching agent on a group of reporters .
Kevin Mitchell : With just buddy Dwight Gooden over at his house , Mitchell cut off the head of his lady friend ’s quat . In an unrelated incident , as a member of the Western League ’s Sonoma County Crushers , Mitchell was suspended for 9 game after punching the oppose team ’s possessor in the back talk .
Let ’s terminate on two less creepy-crawly notes :
Dwight Evans : While an combat-ready player , Evans traded himself in a fantasy league because he " needed monger avail . "
Lou Whitaker : Forgot to impart his uniform to Minnesota for the 1985 All - Star Game . Whitaker had to buy a Tigers island of Jersey from a Metrodome concession bandstand , and draw his uniform telephone number on with a feel - backsheesh pen .
