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Mariners pitcher becomes first player ejected under sticky substances rule

Mariners pitcher becomes first player ejected under sticky substances rule

It was only a matter of time until a pitcher failed a spot check in MLB’s new foreign substances crackdown, and that time has come.  Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago was ejected on Sunday afternoon after umpires checked his glove in the fifth inning and presumably found something that shouldn’t have been there.  While Santiago’s frowny face reaction is pretty great, the best part of that video is the bagging of the suspicious glove. If they plan on sending that glove to a lab so it… Source link

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Mariners prez apologizes for controversial remarks

Mariners prez apologizes for controversial remarks

Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather issued an apology Sunday night after a video surfaced on YouTube of controversial remarks he made to the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club on Feb. 5. During the video conference with the club, which lasted over 45 minutes and included a question and answer portion, Mather made racist remarks criticizing his own players’ English skills, called a player overpaid, got the name of one of the team’s prospects wrong, trashed the facilities of their own… Source link

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