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I can't explain it. That's my point. I wasn't there. I didn't see the evidence, i.e. ball and chest protector. If someone has evidence that proves what happened, I would love to see it. I said earlier in the thread that I would welcome an investigation. If it turns out that the ball and/or chest protector were indeed smeared with a sticky substance, then so be it. Baseball will have to decide if rules were violated and administer the appropriate punishment. As of now, there is no evidence on which to base that conclusion. We simply do not KNOW what happened. You might have an opinion, but it is unsubstantiated.
Why would it make any difference if Molina were a Yankee? The truth does not change based on rooting interest. You assume that I am defending Molina and Matheny solely because I am a Cardinals fan. Again, you don't know me, and you don't know my motives. In this particular case, I remain deeply disturbed and annoyed by people calling Molina and Matheny liars without any evidence to support their slander. It is one thing to say that "I think Molina/Matheny is lying". That's an opinion. When you say "Molina/Matheny is absolutely lying", it implies a level of knowledge and factual evidence that just does not exist.
I defend Molina and Matheny because I don't like people being tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. I realize that I am swimming upstream against the heavy current that is the toxic social media environment of 2017, full of absolutes and devoid of courtesy and empathy. I am not sure it is worth the effort, so I think I will just bow out of this discussion and do something more entertaining like play OOTP.
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