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Cheaters throughout the History of Baseball
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Tags: cheating, baseball, MLB, Bonds, Barry Bonds, Gaylord Perry, Sammy Sosa, steroids, cork, bat, vaseline, signs, stealing, cream
To quote the great Buck O’Neil: “As long as baseball is around, guys will be looking to get ahead.” Barry Bonds isn't the first MLB player accused of cheating and won't be the last. Here are some of players through history who found an illegal competitive edge:
| 1. | Barry Bonds - accused of steroid use and HGH |
| 2. | Babe Ruth - drank alcohol before games |
| 3. | 1951 New York Giants - sign-stealing system in place at the Polo Grounds |
| 4. | Gaylord Perry - loaded the baseball with Vaseline |
| 5. | Albert Belle - used corked bates |
| 6. | Sammy Sosa - used corked bats |
| 7. | John McGraw - used to grab baserunners belts, trip feet, and spike players as they rounded third |
| 8. | Joe Niekro - used an emory board and sandpaper on his finger to throw nasty sliders and knuckleballs |
| 9. | Whitey Ford - doctored balls, sliced cuts into balls, and threw a "gunk" ball made of mud, baby oil, turpentine, and resin |
| 10. | The Bossard Family (groundskeepers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, 1920s-present) - kept fields wet for sinker-ball pitchers and muddy bases for speedy base-stealers |
| 11. | Norm Cash - used a corked bat for an entire season (BA - .361, HRs - 41, RBIs - 132) |
| 12. | Graig Nettles - used the "superball" bat |
| 13. | Amos Otis - used a corked / "superball" bat |
| 14. | George Brett - the infamous "too much pine tar on his bat" incident |
| 15. | Preacher Roe - his book title says all "he Outlawed Spitball Was My Money Pitch." |
| 16. | Rick Honeycutt - used a tack to cut slices in the ball while pitching - actually scratched his face with the tack once almost poking his eye out |
| 17. | Don Sutton - accused of scuffing with hidden sandpaper - Once, he left a note inside his glove for the men in black. It said, "You're getting warm, but it's not here." |
| 18. | Kevin Gross - used sandpaper when pitching |
| 19. | Billy Hatcher - corked bat |
| 20. | Wilton Guerrero - corked bat |
| 21. | Brian Moehler - sandpaper thumb |
| 22. | Lew Burdette - accused of throwing a "spitball" |
| 23. | Nels Potter - accused of throwing a "spitball" |
| 24. | Maury Wills - a manager who, on April 25, 1981, told the Kingdome groundskeepers to enlarge the batter's box by a foot |
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Some people are starting to say that the device on Barry Bond's elbow gives him mechanical advantage on his swing. Much like one of those "infomercial" golf-swing devices.
Comment by: john more like 756 asterisks!
Comment by: Pratt I hope whoever catches that ball throws it back!
Comment by: Pratt This explains why baseball is considered the truly American sport.
Comment by: buccicone.2
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