Tom Brady

[The Poet]

Thanks for the history lesson. When did they change the rule about the pressure of a football?

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by The Poet

Thanks for the history lesson. When did they change the rule about the pressure of a football?

I don't know, I tried looking it up, but I'm glad that the League will be handling the balls from now on, so I hear.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Subvet642

Yes, I know, but players still try.

Really? I watch a lot of baseball, and can;t remember the last time I saw anything resembling that. Go figure.

Originally Posted by Subvet642

I don't know, I tried looking it up, but I'm glad that the League will be handling the balls from now on, so I hear.

Some might opine that the NFL has been handling the balls for quite a while now.

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Really? I watch a lot of baseball, and can;t remember the last time I saw anything resembling that. Go figure.



Some might opine that the NFL has been handling the balls for quite a while now.

Really? I think I last saw it about two years ago. Shortstop dropped an easy pop-up and shuffled the ball to second; it was called, but he tried. I forget who it was. Umps often forget to call it in the air. The trick is to make the catch look harder than it is.

[Subvet642]

They still try.

MIAMI (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles' bullpen was already stretched thin in the 12th inning when left-hander Brian Matusz was ejected for using a sticky substance that was on his right arm.

His replacement, T.J. McFarland, then gave up the game-winning single to Martin Prado in the 13th, and the Orioles lost to the Miami Marlins 1-0 Saturday.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter shrugged off the impact of the ejection, saying Matusz would have faced only one more hitter anyway.

''He wouldn't have pitched the next inning,'' Showalter said.

Matusz might not pitch again for a while. The Brewers' Will Smith was suspended for eight games Friday by Major League Baseball for having a foreign substance on his arm in a loss to the Braves.

Matusz entered the game in the 12th with the score 0-0 and retired the first two batters before new Marlins manager Dan Jennings approached home plate umpire Jordan Baker. Baker and crew chief Paul Emmel then went to the mound to inspect Matusz's arm.

''I went out there and told the pitcher I was going to touch his right forearm,'' Emmel said. ''That's where he was touching before he went to the ball. I detected a foreign substance, so the pitcher was ejected.''