Renck: Broadcaster Miller whiffs on Rockies' cheating accusation
By Troy E. Renck
The Denver Post
The Rockies have finally begun to hit. So the only explanation is that they cheat.
Giants Hall of Fame broadcaster Jon Miller lobbed that accusation in Colorado's direction last week. Miller was doing his regularly scheduled morning bit on the team's flagship station, KNBR, when he took aim at the Rockies and their humidor.
"There's a feeling that the Rockies are doing something with the humidor-stored baseball, and sometimes late in games when the Rockies need help, that some non-humidor baseballs slip into the mix," Miller said. "Nobody has been able to prove it. . . . But to me it's something that baseball needs to address."
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...the game balls are given to the umpires to be rubbed down, leaving them out of the Rockies' control once the game starts. That punches a hole in Miller's argument.
Miller wants MLB to investigate, and suggested that the simple solution would be to keep a bag of game balls behind home plate in full view.
Transparency in Barry Bonds' training would have been nice too. But I digress.
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