Framber Valdez on Saturday night did what's he done all season - dominated on the mound with filthy pitching.
But it seems some paranoid Phillies fans on Twitter were paying close attention to Valdez's normal mannerisms and tendencies when he's pitching - sweating like crazy, rubbing his wrist, massaging the ball, etc. And thus internet rumors started that he must be using a foreign substance.
He was checked throughout the game and umpires found nothing.
"The umpires check these guys after almost every inning and if there's something going on, MLB will take care of it," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said.
"It it's all tendencies I do. I do it throughout the game," said Valdez. "Maybe distract the hitter a little bit from what I'm doing. Like maybe look at me, rubbing different things, and nothing about the pitch that I'm going to throw. I've been doing it all season. Again, just tendencies that Dominicans do just to be able to stay loose. Just tendencies. The important thing obviously is to win. And we're winning, obviously winning legally. But, yeah, just random tendencies.”
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