Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners is caught putting a foreign substance on the ball

Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners is caught putting a foreign substance on the ball

On August 23, 1982, Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners is caught putting a foreign substance on the ball. Long suspected of throwing a “spitball,” Perry is ejected from a game for the first and only time in his career. From Peter Gammons: Against the Red Sox. In the seventh inning, down 1-0 with the…