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Dirk Hayhurst: Clay Buchholz was "loading the ball"

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures him doing anything strange,.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures him doing anything strange,.
Elsa

So Dirk Hayhurst created a bit up an uproar with this:

Then Hayhurst talked about it on Baseball Central, saying Buchholz was 'absolutely cheating' 'definitely loading up the ball', figuring it was Crisco that he was putting on the ball. He also said that every pitcher does the 'sunscreen and rosin'.

And Sportsnet has a photo that shows Clay touching his arm and has the clip from Baseball Central. Take a look.

Dirk has written about cheating before and I'd imagine, as kind of a fringe prospect himself, he learned all the ins and outs of loading a ball:

Sure, you could get caught, but that's part of the thrill. Besides, it teaches you how to detect other cheaters, and if you think pulling a fast one is fun, wait 'till you bust someone for "trying hard" against you.

So what do you think?