[grunewar]

Ted Lilly a cheater?

5/28 - Casey Blake accused [Lilly] of cheating on Thursday, trying unsuccessfully to persuade the umpires that the Chicago Cubs pitcher should have been cited for starting his windup on some pitches from in front of the rubber. "I know he doesn't have an overpowering fastball," Blake said. "I know he's trying to get as much of an edge as he can. But he moved in. "That's cheating. You've got to stay on the rubber."

Lilly did not hesitate to fire back. "Sometimes a batter will get in the box and he'll step out, and behind the box, and on the lines," Lilly said. "I don't think he's trying to cheat. It might not be intentional."


Now - I'm not sure about the pitching rubber thing, but do you enforce the batter's box? You see this kind of issue quite often in the pros when the first player up wipes it away....... cheating or just part of the game?