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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Rox VP ok with opposing coaches as umpires
If you follow this reasoning, then why not?
Kevin Kahn, the Rockies’ vice president of ballpark operations, said dozens of game balls are removed from the humidor (in a room near the Rockies’ clubhouse) on game day, rubbed up by the umpires’ attendant and deposited into a ball bag that is returned to the humidor. After the national anthem, the attendant transfers the ball bag from the humidor to the end of the Rockies’ dugout.
During games, when the plate umpire is low on baseballs, a ball boy situated near the bag pulls out some and runs them to the ump.
MLB doesn’t monitor the process in person, and Kahn said the umpires’ attendant is a Rockies employee. So what’s to prevent the Rockies from slipping in a non-humidor ball when the team needs a big rally?
“The integrity of the manager (Jim Tracy) and coaching staff would prevent that,” said Kahn.
Glove-slap: Repoz.
It won’t “prevent” it. It will limit or diminish it, but it won’t prevent it. Trust, but verify.
"Trust, but verify.” Absolutely. That Ronald Reagan knew his stuff.