Duncan says pine tar gave Reds the upper hand

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from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Duncan says pine tar gave Reds the upper hand

Ok - if I understand this clearly, not only does Duncan think there's something sticky with the Reds upper hand, but he think that Reds clubhouse attendant didn't do a good job rubbing the pitchers' balls before the game.

Duncan, who said the umpires told him the balls indeed were rubbed up, said Arroyo was able to deal with the issue because "I'm sure he had pine tar on his cap. He didn't have any problem getting a grip. Balls like that can generate a lot more movement than a slick ball that hasn't been rubbed up."
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Then Duncan said, "That's not the point. The point is that a pitcher should never be able to have control over how a ball is rubbed up, whether it's more or less. And since the umpires don't rub the balls up and their clubhouse guys do, I'm sure he had some control over it."
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But Duncan noted, "I've been around for 40-plus years now and I've never seen a major-league baseball game played with balls like that."

You can't make this stuff up, folks!!!

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from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Duncan says pine tar gave Reds the upper hand

Ok - if I understand this clearly, not only does Duncan think there's something sticky with the Reds upper hand, but he think that Reds clubhouse attendant didn't do a good job rubbing the pitchers' balls before the game.

You can't make this stuff up, folks!!!

That is a new one for cry-baby Duncun! Couple months ago he said he was leaving the team after the season because someone in the Cards organization didn't want his son on the team and they sent him down.

Since many teams and announcers have stated during games on tv that his son wasn't very good why was he so shocked! Maybe the STL Cards wanted to put a good player in left field"duh".

Duncun has made a good living following La Russa around and needs to get over himself and just do his job.