View Full Version : pine tar on clemen's cap?
kingjammy24
08-27-2006, 08:23 PM
hi,
can someone please explain to me how pine tar gets on the brim of an AL pitcher's cap?
http://www.lelands.com/bid.aspx?lot=608&auctionid=603
thanks,
rudy.
allstarsplus
08-27-2006, 08:35 PM
Good pickup on the pinetar which you can see on the inside white band too.
Hows about that signature?????
http://www.tristarproductions.com/Sales/Images/Baseball/Clemens/2004/Clemens-BB-AAR.jpg
http://www.lelands.com/App_Themes/Images/Auctions_Images/603/popups/39958b.jpg
allstarsplus
08-27-2006, 08:39 PM
In all of his years with Boston, Roger had 1 AB during the regular season and 4 in the post-season.
kingjammy24
08-27-2006, 09:05 PM
i'm not questioning the item. i simply can't figure out why clemens' hat would have pinetar on it or why that's a "clemens trait".
- if clemens were batting, he'd be wearing a batting helmet. pinetar would get on the helmet, not the cap.
- if clemens was pitching with pine tar on his brim (and thus his fingers) then he must've gotten it on the ball. isn't it against the rules to put a foreign substance on a ball (other than the regulation mud)? how's clemens putting pine tar on a ball any different than gaylord perry putting vaseline on it?
a mystery i can't solve. anyone?
rudy.
kingjammy24
08-27-2006, 09:07 PM
here's another clemens redsox-era cap. no pinetar. is it a trait or not?
www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID=17561 (http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID=17561)
rudy.
DonFan23
08-28-2006, 07:19 AM
Any chance it's rosin buildup (which is more logical) and Leland's was slightly off in their description?
hblakewolf
08-28-2006, 08:15 AM
Rudy-
Any chance he wore his hat under his batting helmet????????
Howard Wolf
hblakewolf@patmedia.net
suave1477
08-28-2006, 09:00 AM
The Autograph looks real I dont know about the pine tar though.
joelsabi
09-20-2012, 12:12 PM
i'm not questioning the item. i simply can't figure out why clemens' hat would have pinetar on it or why that's a "clemens trait".
- if clemens were batting, he'd be wearing a batting helmet. pinetar would get on the helmet, not the cap.
- if clemens was pitching with pine tar on his brim (and thus his fingers) then he must've gotten it on the ball. isn't it against the rules to put a foreign substance on a ball (other than the regulation mud)? how's clemens putting pine tar on a ball any different than gaylord perry putting vaseline on it?
a mystery i can't solve. anyone?
rudy.
based on recent pitcher being questioned on pinetar on glove, it's probably a glove to face to hat motion for the catcher. as you get older pitchers use pinetar to grip the baseball better.
its not illegal unless it excessive pinetar.
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