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SI - Verducci: Clay Buchholz has been cheating all season long

(sportsillustrated.cnn.com)

posted 3 weeks ago by Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' to blue jays, boston, red sox, toronto | 51 comment(s)

Actual headline: “The Truth About Clay Buchholz.” Said truth? That not only was he doctoring the ball last night, he’s been doctoring it all season long…and that the start of this behavior mysteriously coincides with his sudden effectiveness as a starter.

Thanks to accusations from Toronto broadcasters and former pitchers Dirk Hayhurst and Jack Morris, Boston pitcher Clay Buchholz has reignited an ageless debate about what constitutes “cheating” in baseball. [...]

It’s unclear exactly what ...

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1. Petunia inquires about ponies posted on July 12, 2012 at 06:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Later on Thursday, the Red Sox announced that Magee has in fact signed with the organization. However, this will not effect Magee's status with ASU's football team for his senior season in 2012.

I feel dumb, but how can this be true?

2. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on July 12, 2012 at 06:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

NCAA rules allow athletes to go pro in one sport and remain "amateur" in another.

3. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee posted on July 12, 2012 at 06:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I guess with less money to throw around, teams have less leverage to forbid a player from doing something like this.

4. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on July 12, 2012 at 07:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It can't turn out worse than Shaq Green-Thompson.

5. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on July 12, 2012 at 07:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I believe whats-his-name in Toronto will also be playing college football in addition to playing for the Blue Jays in the minors. I think we'll be seeing a lot more of this with the new CBA in place, now that teams can only spend so much money to convince two-way players to stick to only baseball.

Not an edit since I read #3 as I was writing this but coke to EMHaWK.

6. Accent Shallow posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

It can't turn out worse than Shaq Green-Thompson.

Holy ####, that might be the worst MiLB line I've ever seen. .000/.143/.000

That's 28 PA, 4 BB, and 23 K. So he made only one out that wasn't a strikeout. Damn. Poor kid. He did have 1 RBI, though.

Can anyone find a worse MiLB line?

7. dirk

posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

no kidding!! i did a double eye rub to make sure i wasn't misreading the columns. muchos sombreros, y de oro tambien!

8. Gold Star - just Gold Star posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

BPro article on Shaq G-T.

9. Gold Star - just Gold Star posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Boston drafted, within five rounds of each other (18th and 23rd), two two-sport athletes? Maybe that's less "two-sport athletes" and more "football players."

10. Dan posted on July 12, 2012 at 08:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

They thought 2+2 added up to a 4-sport athlete, and they'd have a hockey player and a basketball player too in the deal. Based on early returns, SGT is accounting for 2 of the non-baseball sports.

11. AROM posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

That's 28 PA, 4 BB, and 23 K. So he made only one out that wasn't a strikeout. Damn. Poor kid. He did have 1 RBI, though.

Can anyone find a worse MiLB line?

I think I could manage that.

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