Was Lester cheating last night?

[nate]

Hah, I love this stuff.  Have to say it is pretty convincing.

 

http://deadspin.com/cardinals-minor-leaguer-thinks-jon-lester-is-a-cheater-1451341587?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 

[xboom28x]

That video evidence makes it very convincing that he knowingly was using whatever that substance was in the glove. I'd like to know if that next pitch was a wicked slidah

[arch stanton]

I'm sure this happens constantly but doesn't get pointed out because the opponents are doing it too.

[Mark68]

That video evidence makes it very convincing that he knowingly was using whatever that substance was in the glove. I'd like to know if that next pitch was a wicked slidah

No. It was a wicked hahd slidah.

[Jobu]

I'm sure this happens constantly but doesn't get pointed out because the opponents are doing it too.

No doubt guys are trying to get an edge, but a wad of Vaseline in your glove with every HD camera in the state pointed at you is pretty blatant.

Regardless, I hope the story gets traction so everyone has to answer a bunch of awkward questions about it.

[Lhalo]

You put snot on the ball?

[VariousCrap]

I agree, it looks like he was doing something there.

[Blarg]

Vaseline is not green.

[gotbeer]

This is just as blatant as all those players that have pine tar stuck on the bill of their caps.  And yet MLB has for some reason turned a blind eye to it this season.  

[Bruce Nye]

Compelling argument that Lester was loading up some substance on the ball.

[Angel Oracle]

Donkey wasn't the only one to do it, that's for dang sure.

[Blarg]

Do you thin k any of the umpires in that crew would have had the balls to toss Lester out of the game last night for having an illegal substance in his glove?

 

Do you think any one of them will check his glove the next time he pitches?

[Schildog]

there's no way he's dumb enough to have it in his glove next time he pitches.

[Troll Daddy]

Photoshop at its best. Lol

[Homebrewer]

Buckholtz came out with really wet hair in the 1st inning the other night.... in late October? He was going to the back of his head with his pitching hand. I said something about it in the game thread.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

If he were going to use some foreign substance to load up the ball, in this age of tight camera angles and high definition television, he wouldn't use something that was that stark of a contrast with a black glove.

[19HALO71]

Nothing like some green food coloring to make it appear like a chunk of grass in his glove.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Vaseline is not green.

that sounds like a wells quote.

[Jobu]

If he were going to use some foreign substance to load up the ball, in this age of tight camera angles and high definition television, he wouldn't use something that was that stark of a contrast with a black glove.

You're presuming intelligence with no evidence.

[m0nkey]

Children please. He wasn't cheating

[sneaky_flute]

He clearly brings his fingers to the same location several times and makes sure his fingers aren't touching his cap when he adjusts it. I don't know if it's a banned substance but it definitely looks suspicious and warrants some investigation.

[T.G.]

It was probably just rosin.

[CaliAngel]

MLB responds as well as a video from MLB Tonight:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/mlb-issues-statement-regarding-speculation-of-foreign-substance-on-jon-lesters-glove?ymd=20131024&content_id=63302206&vkey=news_mlb

 

Lester blows it off as a booger, Manager Jon Farrel acts like it's a common, everyone on MLB tonight swears its not cheating, but as far as I'm concerned the MLB Commentators are BoSox ass kissers, so I don't believe a damn thing they say. Saying "just because nobody noticed it" during the game doesn't mean it didn't enhance his pitching. And like Eric Notti says, these umpires wouldn't have the balls to boot Lester from the game, and they ain't gonna be checking his glove next game. Just like they don't have the balls to NOT REVERSE a call in favor of the BoSox like I have never seen them do in a World Series Game ever before. Lester got away with it, and what's done is done.

 

Here's a quick way to solve the problem (but this of course will never happen): Where's the hell is Lesters glove? Let's all take a good look at the glove and discover exactly what's there. If he's not cheating and isn't concerned, the substance will obviously still be there. It seems like the easiest solution to kill this rumor is to look directly at the glove and figure out what that green substance is that he was obviously rubbing his fingers against, but nobody is going to be willing to do that.

[T.G.]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb--red-sox-s-jon-lester-is-the-latest-pitcher-who-has-been-dragged-into-a-non-controversy-163709343.html

[CaliAngel]

Yahoo is really doing a good job on keeping up with their reputation for garbage articles.