Faux Twitter Tweet Of The Day
I thought I was a great cheater, but the people in the Wall Street Journal story make me look like a real amateur.
Bill Bellicheat Bellichick September 27th
If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying is an old adage that will be around until the end of time. This Wall Street Journal article has seven classic stories about cheaters and these are two of my favorites:
In a 1994 game, umpires confiscated Cleveland slugger Albert Belle’s bat amid accusations that he’d corked it to make it more potent. To spare his teammate certain suspension, Indians pitcher Jason Grimsley crawled into the ceiling, dropped into the umpires’ dressing room where the bat was being held, and replaced it with a regulation model. There was just one hitch: The replacement bat had the name “Paul Sorrento” scrawled across it. Oops! Mr. Belle was suspended anyway. Mr. Grimsley confessed years later.
In 2000, the Spanish basketball team, playing in the intellectually disabled category, took the gold in the Sydney Paralympic Games. Turns out, 10 of the 12 players weren’t disabled at all. The players reportedly were instructed to act “dumb” and slow their scoring when they played too well. After the games, reporters became suspicious, so players grew beards and wore hats to disguise themselves. They were busted anyhow.
