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Gaylord Perry. The puff ball man. He was accused of throwing the spit ball. He did. Just never got caught. I was watching a braves game one night, he was pitching for the braves. All of a sudden the ump stops the game and warns Gaylord about having to much rosin on his hand. Now I had never heard, or saw an ump stop and warn a pitcher about having to much rosin on their hand. So this was not right. Well come to find out. Gaylord was not just loading up his hand, he had it all over his forearm. When he would throw the ball a rosin cloud and big at that, would come off his arm and hand. It made it harder for the batter, to see the pitch coming out of his hand. Tricks kept him in the game longer. I loved it.