emery board

Less than a week earlier, Joe Niekro of the Minnesota Twins was caught with an emery board and a piece of sandpaper in his pocket during a game against the Angels at Anaheim Stadium.

Joe Niekro had an emery board and a piece of sandpaper.

And he took an emery board out of his pocket and began filing his nails.

“I know it’s foreign, but he’s not trying to cheat. Maybe he’s trying to get an advantage because he’s reading the scouting report, but it wasn’t pine tar, it wasn’t an emery board, it wasn’t whatever.”

“And I showed them the card. It wasn’t an emery board, or anything else that people have been caught with.”