Sunday night, the Cardinals wondered if Tigers left-hander Kenny Rogers was up to no good during his start in Game 2 of the World Series. They wondered if Rogers might have been doctoring the baseball with a suspicious substance (pine tar, perhaps?) at the base of the thumb on the palm of his pitching hand.
The Cardinals' suspicions resulted in Rogers washing his hands, but nothing more in-game. Umpires did not confront Rogers with evidence of doctored baseballs; they simply requested he remove the "dirt mark" to head off potential controversy. By the second inning, the mark was gone. Rogers finished with a two-hitter over eight innings in a 3-1 victory.
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