Michael Pineda blatantly cheating again... gets ejected this time

[Taylor]

 

Rule 8.02:

- The pitcher shall not have expectorate on the ball, either hand or his glove.

- PENALTY:

(a) The pitcher shall be ejected immediately from the game and shall be suspended automatically for 10 games.

 

 

Expectorate is spit.

[nate]

 

Rule 8.02:

- The pitcher shall not have expectorate on the ball, either hand or his glove.

- PENALTY:

(a) The pitcher shall be ejected immediately from the game and shall be suspended automatically for 10 games.

 

 

According to one of the pundits on twitter the automatic suspension is only for the minor leagues.

[m0nkey]

They'll never suspect it!

[Taylor]

Maybe the Angels' bullpen should try pine tar.

[Sherlock31]

Pinada must be the stupidest MLB player ever...............You got caught last time and you do it again, against the same team?

[NJHalo]

Reporter- "you know it is illegal, right?"

Pineda- "yeah, but it was cold"

[xboom28x]

But I thought everyone used pine tar and it was ok and no one would call out an opposing pitcher on it. What happened to that theory?

[Tank]

I'm guessing his next game he'll be using a black glove on the mound. No one will ever figure it out.

[Kevin]

Will Joe Girardi act clueless again like he did last time? Should suspend him also just for being in denial for something so blatant.

[ELEVEN]

Not his fault. He was carrying George Brett's bat on his shoulder

Easter weekend?

[Brandon]

You can't spell Pineda without P-I-N-E.

[ELEVEN]

PineDaddy

[gotbeer]

Michael "Gaylord" Pineda

[Tyler]

Dude is just being disrespectful to the game now... that's crazy. I understand the use of pinetar, but to have it that blatant after you've already got caught... that's embarrassing. I don't know about a suspension, but he needs to be fined for sure. I also don't understand how, as a manager, you let him go out there like that. Embarrassing all the way around.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Yah, Pineda is an idiot but I put more blame on Girardi. How, as the manager of the Yankees, do you let your SP cheat so openly when he's already been scrutinized earlier this month? If I were MLB, I'd punish Girardi more than Pineda.

[bloodbrother]

Dude could get a sweet endorsement deal out of this

 

[gotbeer]

[ukyah]

i just don't get how all these pine tar incidents aren't bigger stories.

Edited April 24, 2014 by ukyah

[laagamer]

Red Sox fan troll 

[mancini79]

i just don't get how all these pine tar incidents aren't bigger stories.

 

Because it's common for pitchers to use substances to help with control. Even Napoli came out today and confirmed that most pitchers do it. What Pineda did was draw attention to it. Last time, the Red Sox ignored it and people criticized Farrell for not going to the umps. So when Pineda did it again with the tar visibly on his neck, Farrell had to complain. If Michael concealed it, the Red Sox probably wouldn't have made a big deal about it.

[Chimi]

Anyone here the call of this by John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman?  You can tell they are on the Yankees payroll...

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/11493214/v32332517/must-c-curious-pineda-ejected-after-substance-found

[ten ocho recon scout]

Maybe the Angels' bullpen should try pine tar.

dodger stadium should try some pine sol.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Remember when frank robinson called out donnelly for doing it in 2005?

[CaliAngel]

Anyone here the call of this by John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman?  You can tell they are on the Yankees payroll...

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/11493214/v32332517/must-c-curious-pineda-ejected-after-substance-found

 

Glad you pointed this out Chimi, this specific commentary really explains a lot about the attitudes and mentalities of Stankee fans that we all notice and have to deal with...

 

"Don't worry about it (Yankee fans), the Yankees will do this with Boston pitchers (from now on)..."

 

This almost disgusted me to hear from a baseball commentator.

 

"Two of their (Red Sox) pitchers are known to use stuff. And this is gonna start something that maybe John Ferrel isn't going to wanna start by the end of the year"

 

LOL Are those threats by commentators to validate their player breaking the rules? How about a little bit of humility for craps sake. What is wrong with these people?

[xboom28x]

What I don't get is why MLB turned their heads and pretended not to see it on his hand. But when it was on his neck, now they are going to do something about it? Give me a break!