# Married LHP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-lhp/553106>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 8, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-lhp/553106 "2010-09-08T22:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-lhp/553106/1 "2010-09-08T22:00:42Z")

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I’d assume they’re not allowed to pitch wearing their wedding bads. Could they use it to scuff htey ball?

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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-lhp/553106/2 "2010-09-08T22:21:04Z")

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You can’t wear anything on your pitching hand. And yes, the reason it could scuff the ball and/or distract the hitter. Similar to why a pitcher may not wear a white glove or a long white sleeve.

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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-lhp/553106/3 "2010-09-08T23:34:06Z")

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Whitey Ford, a lefthander, was known to scuff the ball with his wedding ring. According to legend (i.e., I read this somewhere), an umpire walked to the mound and said, “Whitey, go to the clubhouse–your jockstrap needs adjusting. And when you come back here, you’d better not be wearing your wedding ring.”

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**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-lhp/553106/4 "2010-09-09T04:05:43Z")

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> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#):
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> Whitey Ford, a lefthander, was known to scuff the ball with his wedding ring. According to legend (i.e., I read this somewhere), an umpire walked to the mound and said, “Whitey, go to the clubhouse–your jockstrap needs adjusting. And when you come back here, you’d better not be wearing your wedding ring.”

Believe it was in “Ball Four”. Pretty sure you got the exact quote too.