Gerrit Cole is sticking to his story that he has greater worries than opponents’ accusations of wrongdoing.
The Yankees’ ace held by far the least comfortable news conference of his pinstriped term on Tuesday afternoon, as he received a number of questions concerning accusations that his success emanates significantly from doctoring the baseball. Cole tap-danced around several queries and refused to directly answer a question whether he has used Spider Tack, a paste that has become popular among pitchers.
“I don’t quite know how to answer that, to be honest,” Cole said during a Zoom news conference at Target Field, before the Yankees opened a series with the Twins.
“There are customs and practices that have been passed down from older players to younger players to the last generation of players to this generation off players, and I think there are some things that are certainly out of bounds in that regard, and I’ve stood pretty firm in terms of that, in terms of the communication between our peers and whatnot.[
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