In the 10th inning of a 4-4 tie of a pivotal game three of the ALCS, closer Mariano Rivera came into the ballgame with a man on second base and no outs. The Mariano Rivera spitball video of the TBS broadcast shows Rivera with his back to the home-plate umpire, apparently checking to see if the second and third base umpires were looking at him, and casually dropping a spit right onto the baseball. The spitball is one of the illegal tactics a pitcher can use to get an advantage over the batter ...