The Angels Blogosphere is rampant today with claims of Mariano Rivera using a spitball. Many seem to suggest that this is how Rivera has been so successful over the years.
This douchebag takes screenshots of the game that suggest that Rivera spit directly on the ball. He goes on to suggest that FOX is in cahoots with Rivera.
Evidence offered: a "spit halo" on top of the baseball after it's been "spit upon":
Of course that's during the fade-in to Scioscia, where you can clearly see this "spit halo" is the fucking Magestic logo on Scioscia's jacket.
I would say this is pretty conclusive evidence of why Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera is able to throw only one pitch that has unpredictable, yet precise movement.
He has mastered the Angels so far in the ALCS but has Major League Baseball gotten a look at how he "warms up" for his appearance on the mound? You be the judge...
With a tie game in the bottom of the 10th, the Yankees bring in Rivera.
After warming up, he has his back to home plate so the home plate ump can't see.
He looks down at the ball, then up to see if the 2nd base ump is watching.
He then looks back at the ball and appears to spit on it.
And when he tests clean for steroids they say he is not a cheater.
Total and complete nonsense. First of all, Rivera wouldn't look down at a baseball and drop spit directly from his mouth onto it. Secondly, he'd have to have been doing this for 15 years, and nobody noticed until now. Thirdly, baseballs get changed out so often, he'd have to do this 5-10 times per game.
Absolute nonsense, and even though the Angels won, total sour grapes by their fanbase.
By the way, here's a slowed-down video of the incident, which clearly shows the spit travels past Rivera's hand and the ball and travels to the ground. Funny that the Angels blogs decide to show misleading screenshots rather than the entire video:
If you're a female who prefers calling herself a "chick" or "hottie" or "slut," and are willing to post cleavage pics on your incredibly boring Yankees blog, PeteAbe will be glad to feature you on his blog.
This sort of shameless self promotion where one attempts to gain self confidence by having virgins all over the internet come to your site because you flash some skin and show off some cleave was bad enough when it was contained here, but now I see it's turning into a trend. It's only a matter of time before the Journal News' Peter Abraham does a piece on all of them.
Oh and don't get all "stop being misogynistic" on me for judging these women's appearance - when you post pictures of that sort on the internet, you're inviting judgement.
What's next, Yankee Bloggers sex tapes leaked onto the net? Some "oops!" crotch shots when getting out of a car on the way to the Stadium?
I happen to know of a few very intelligent, well informed female sports bloggers (a few of which you'll see linked on the right) who don't feel the need to stoop to such lows. Yes, they can discuss pitching and defense and stats without feeling the need to show off their tits.
