In tonight's Nationals-Rays game, Tampa Bay reliever Joel Peralta was ejected as he came in for the eighth inning after Washington manager Davey Johnson requested that the umpires inspect Peralta's glove. Upon examination, they found a foreign substance, and ejected Peralta from the game while confiscating his glove.
Peralta is a former Nationals reliever, spending time with the team in 2010, and it's widely believed that a former teammate tipped Johnson off to Peralta's glove, which led to the complaint and eventual ejection. The Peralta incident comes a week after Tigers reliever Jose Valverde was accused of throwing spitballs, Also a week ago, former Padres and Blue Jays pitcher (and accomplished author) Dirk Hayhurst blogged about his personal experiences with doctoring baseballs, and how this isn't anything new in the grand scheme of baseball history, or the current game.
In my opinion, I think that whoever the teammate that ratted Peralta out (if someon...
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Joel Peralta's glove was confiscated before the start of teh bottom of the 8th Tuesday night; apparently Peralta was ejected after a foreign substance was found on his glove. Before he even threw a pitch to start the 8th.
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