Jake Peavy: Cheater?
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Padres' Peavy denies using pine tar on hand
SAN DIEGO -- Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt was handed a picture of Jake Peavy, the image showing a dark substance on the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the San Diego Padres ace's extended right hand.
"Pine tar," Honeycutt said. "Rosin's not that dark."
The still picture was taken from Fox's national broadcast of the Padres' 4-1 victory over the Dodgers on Saturday and appeared on the message board of a Dodgers fan site later that night next to one of Peavy's hands magnified. The images didn't appear to be doctored, as they were from part of a sequence that was included in a highlight video posted on mlb.com. Whatever was on Peavy's hand was also visible on the video.
Peavy, who threw a complete game and limited the Dodgers to two hits, denied that he cheated to get a better grip on the baseball.
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While I doubt that this had a significant effect on the outcome of the game, I must say that that is certainly not dirt. Of that I am one-hundred percent certain.
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Jake Peavy: Cheater?
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