Cheater, Cheater Pumpkin Eater!

ESPN - NEW YORK -- Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell said it wasn't brought to his attention until the fourth inning Thursday night that Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda had what appeared to be pine tar on the palm of his right hand.

When Pineda -- who after the game said the substance was dirt -- came out for the fifth inning, Farrell said it appeared the pitcher's hand had been wiped clean, so the manager never brought it to the attention of the umpiring crew. "No one said a word," umpiring crew chief Brian O'Nora said. "The Red Sox didn't bring it to our attention, so there's nothing we can do about it."

Added Farrell: "Again, a foreign substance is illegal, but by the time we became aware of it, it was gone."

Pineda led the Yankees to a 4-1 win against the Red Sox, allowing four hits and striking out seven over six innings. Afterward, he was told that some opined that it was pine tar on his hand.

"I don't use pine tar," he said. "It's dirt. I'm sweating on my hand too much in between innings."

Just hate hatin on a G.

Strong move by Pineda. Hasn't pitched in a game since 2011. I'm not counting spring training because although it's baseball it's not really. Comes out swinging for 2014. 

TV cameras picked it up, Red Sox manager John Farrell saw it, the whole world saw it. But let's not be too quick to judge and see what Michael has to say.....It's dirt. Bologna. 

This is a scenario I am all too familiar with. Watching porn, get ready to do my thang when the parents walk in and you have to explain that it was something you accidentally clicked on. Like oh my bad mom I was just doing some research for you know personal reasons and wouldn't you know it I end up on a porn site getting ready to enter your credit card information. 

CAUGHT RED HANDED MICHAEL, RED HANDED.

Bold strategy and it obviously paid off for you. Yeah you are going to catch flack because you pulled a play out of the Gaylord Perry handbook and tried to get away with an illegal substance to improve your pitch. Slight hitch in that plan, because you have 9000 different cameras on you when you play a baseball game these days. 

The Red Sox claim they didn't talk to the Umps about it in a timely manner, but what it really boils down to is the fact they themselves are still recovering from a pine tar/illegal substance incident from last year involving Clay Buchholz.

Whatever they will never live down this fashion nightmare at the white house a couple weeks ago. So what's a little dirt/pine tar/jizz on Pineda's fastball going to hurt. 

Johnny Gomes was a surefire miss with the American Flag jacket, but Buchholz redefining slob with jeans, white Oakley razors, Hawaiian shirt and tie combo, slicked back biker hair, and a sport coat Ed Sleazy used to wear on the lot in the 70s. Atrocious.