NY Times: Was Tejada tipping pitches in 2001?

[Migrant Redbird]

I suspect there are a lot of players who tip pitches, and it's all covered in this excerpt from the NYT article.

“Miggy was telling guys there was no way he would be doing it,” Damon said. “I think what we concluded was that the hitters were seeing him move on certain pitches. That happens, you’ll see a young player move closer to the hole on a fastball away, you’ll see him creep a little toward the hole. I think that’s what it all came down to, Miggy not being able to hide the extra steps. But it seemed like all the Dominican guys were killing us.”

If a guy is playing in the winter leagues, it makes sense that the other players in the same league would have more opportunity to observe him and pick up on patterns.

Before John Smoltz pitched his first game with the Cardinals, he was throwing a bullpen session with the other Cardinals pitchers watching and Carpenter was predicting every pitch that Smoltz threw. That doesn't necessarily mean that AL batters were reading Smoltz when he was with the Red Sox, but it does point out that even a veteran pitcher may be giving subtle signs of what he's going to throw. Most batters probably won't pick up on those though.

[DuffMan]

I love a good conspiracy theory in the morning!