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| 27th October, 2008 - 7:56 am | Philadelphia Inquirer - Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon alerted home-plate umpire Tom Hallion after the second inning of Game 4 on Sunday night that he believed pitcher Joe Blanton had pine tar on his hat.
"We did notice, it was rather dark," Maddon said of the spot after the game. "I did bring it to their [umpires'] attention. I asked them to just watch it and be vigilant about it, and nothing happened. But I was concerned about it early on."
Hallion replied to Maddon that he would check the baseball, and if he found a substance on the ball, he would act on it.
"It's nothing," Blanton said after the game. "They rubbed balls up with whatever they rub them with. I'm contantly trying to get moisture. It's nothing sticky." Blanton then said of his cap, "Anybody can go touch it. It's just dirt from the ball."
Blanton also said that he hasn't changed the hat since he came to the Phillies. [READ] |
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