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Related: About this forumMarlins are so bad they can't even hide a spitball >>
Alex Sanabia or his new nickname 'Alex Salivia'
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Marlins are so bad they can't even hide a spitball >> (Original Post)
El Supremo
May 2013
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El Supremo
(20,365 posts)1. Sanabia : I didn't know spitter was against rules
Do you know that you are an idiot?
CHICAGO (AP) -- Miami Marlins pitcher Alex Sanabia said he didn't know it was illegal to spit directly onto a baseball.
He knows now.
Sanabia said Friday he spit on a baseball earlier in the week to get a better grip, not to get more movement on his pitches. He also repeated he didn't know it was illegal.
''I didn't know. I was in my zone and just grooving. It's something you live and learn from. I didn't mean anything bad by it or I didn't mean to do anything more,'' Sanabia said. ''It's something that showed up that way and people all of a sudden just create their own perception of.''
Sanabia and Marlins manager Mike Redmond said they haven't been contacted by Major League Baseball about the incident, which happened during the second inning of Monday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Miami. Sanabia had given up a home run to the Phillies' Domonic Brown, and then cameras caught the 24-year-old pitcher spitting on the ball....
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sanabia-didnt-know-spitter-against-235540280--mlb.html
He knows now.
Sanabia said Friday he spit on a baseball earlier in the week to get a better grip, not to get more movement on his pitches. He also repeated he didn't know it was illegal.
''I didn't know. I was in my zone and just grooving. It's something you live and learn from. I didn't mean anything bad by it or I didn't mean to do anything more,'' Sanabia said. ''It's something that showed up that way and people all of a sudden just create their own perception of.''
Sanabia and Marlins manager Mike Redmond said they haven't been contacted by Major League Baseball about the incident, which happened during the second inning of Monday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Miami. Sanabia had given up a home run to the Phillies' Domonic Brown, and then cameras caught the 24-year-old pitcher spitting on the ball....
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sanabia-didnt-know-spitter-against-235540280--mlb.html
Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)2. What is the typical suspension for spit-balls?
He should get an extra week for stupidity.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)3. Next start.
But Gaylord Perry made it into the Hall of Fame.