Baseball is not like other sports

If you ain't cheatin'*, you ain't tryin'.

What's particularly cool is that even though Mauer is tipping signs to Kubel, the latter still can't or won't touch Verlander's nose to toes curve. Kubel sits fastball all the way and finally does win the battle.

And what's also interesting, why didn't the Tiger's catcher change signs with a runner -- and a catcher no less -- standing on the bag at second? Especially since he knew Mauer was signaling.

* And no, I don't really think stealing signs is cheating; it's part of the game, but the Tigers will send Mauer to the ground one of these days in retaliation. That's also part of the game.