Trevor Bauer got busted for messing with baseballs, but there's no chance MLB will do anything. It's just for show.

Manfred has somehow never learned that when you threaten to do something serious and never do it, that just makes you look weak.

https://theathletic.com/2507091/2021/04/...nspection/

Quote:Less than one week into the season, the league’s latest attempted crackdown is being put to the test. And a pitcher who has been perhaps more outspoken than any other on the subject — Dodgers right-hander Trevor Bauer — already is drawing attention.

The umpires in Bauer’s start against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday collected multiple balls he threw during the game, according to major-league sources. The balls had visible markings and were sticky, and were sent to the league offices for further inspection, the sources said.

Yet, even if the balls Bauer threw are found to have contained foreign substances, it remains to be seen whether the league can prove he was responsible for their application, or whether any punishment imposed by commissioner Rob Manfred would stand.