The FOX image of an apparent foreign substance on the pitching hand of Jake Peavy after he'd throttled the Dodgers on Saturday had manager Joe Torre addressing the issue of cheating during his pregame session with the media on Sunday.

"Technology may be the worst thing that ever happened to the game," said Torre, a former broadcaster. "What are you going to do? Certainly, you keep in mind, maybe you undress him the next time, but I've never been a fan of that stuff. If it's not allowed, it should be checked. The kid has ability. Whatever was on his hand, I don't know what the substance is. It could be pine tar. We went through that with Kenny Rogers."
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Bud Black, Peavy's manager, provided a benign explanation: dirt.

"I think what happens is, when you play baseball, your hands get dirty," said Black. "He had dirty hands. Trying to keep his palms and fingers dry, you apply rosin and dirt. Rosin is a sticky substance, and as often as he goes to the rosin bag, as often as he goes to the dirt to sop up the moisture, your hands get dirty. I don't think there is anything to it. Modern cameras can pick up a dirty hand."

That doesn't even pass the smell test.

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mlb.com "It's comical," Peavy said prior to the Padres' game Monday at AT&T;Park. "When they showed me the picture, I laughed. I've got no foreign substance on my hand -- period. I have got no problem saying that or being checked anytime."

Peavy said his hands were dirty because of a mix of dirt and rosin, the results of having thrown 116 pitches over nine innings. His manager, Bud Black, concurred.

"I think what happens is, when you play baseball, your hands get dirty," Black said Sunday. "He had dirty hands. Trying to keep his palms and fingers dry, you apply rosin and dirt. Rosin is a sticky substance, and as often as he goes to the rosin bag, as often as he goes to the dirt to sop up the moisture, your hands get dirty.