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One of the issues is that this wasn’t unique to Bauer across the sport in the opening week of the season.
“My understanding is that umpires collect baseballs from all pitchers, balls that were in play, to collect samples,” manager Dave Roberts said Friday. “I just hope that our players are not singled out. That’s the one thing I want to guard against.”
Roberts said he didn’t know whether Bauer will face discipline, though he didn’t think he would.
“He’s just kind of the only name I’ve heard floated around,” Roberts said.