It's only Game 1 of the World Series between the Mets and Royals, but already there may be controversy.
Just before a production truck power outage caused Fox Sports to lose its broadcast feed, cameras caught Royals catcher Salvador Perez with what appeared be a suspicious substance on his right shin guard.
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@PattyWhite_NYM with Perez feeding him balls with pinetar pic.twitter.com/4Pu7dUQCqy
— #BeatKC (@HurricaneHealy) October 28, 2015Don't get too carried away about the pine tar-looking patch; position players are allowed to use pine tar or rosin to help them grip the ball. Perez could require extra grip for his throws, especially on a wet evening, as was the case in Kansas City on Tuesday.
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UPDATE: Royals manager Ned Yost defended Perez after the game:
"I don't know what it is. It's brown, I don't know what it is, but it's not illegal," he said. "It's illegal for the pitcher to have a foreign substance, not a catcher."
UPDATE 2: Per CBSSports.com, Mets manager Terry Collins told reporters, "It's nothing."
Sporting News Media's Ryan Fagan and Tom Gatto contributed to this report.