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Originally Posted by Izz
Bauer recently, which corelates with what we already know about him and his changing attitude towards the sticky stuff.
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I wonder if he didn't change his attitude as much as he was trying to make a point by showing just how much substances can help. EDIT: As in, he'd been trying to blow the whistle verbally through hints and allegations, but now he's trying to do it by actually showing the difference.
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Without explicitly saying his name, Bauer accused Cole and the Astros of using foreign substances to improve spin rates a few years ago. "If only there was just a really quick way to increase spin rate. Like what if you could trade for a player knowing that you could bump his spin rate a couple hundred rpm overnight...imagine the steals you could get on the trade market! If only that existed..." Bauer wrote in a tweet.
Bauer later wrote that he knew he could increase his spin rate 400 rpm with foreign substances, and lo and behold, his spin rates increased roughly 400 rpm when he joined Cincinnati the next year. The 2020 NL Cy Young winner has not been subtle about it. Momentum, a company co-founded by Bauer, even sells "Legalize Pine Tar" merchandise on its website.
"I don't know," Bauer told reporters, including Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times, when asked about the drop in his spin rates Sunday. "Hot, humid day in Atlanta. I just want to compete on a fair playing field. I'll say it again. That's been the whole point this entire time. Let everyone compete on a fair playing field. So if you're going to enforce it then enforce it. And if you're not then stop sweeping it under the rug, which is what they've done for four years now."
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