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Collins OK with pine tar on Perez's shin guard

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- New York Mets fans on social media may have been riled up by apparent pine tar on Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez's shin guard during the Royals' Game 1 World Series win. Mets manager Terry Collins had no similar issue.

"Every catcher in baseball has pine tar on their shin guard," Collins said Wednesday. "And it's for them. It's really hard to transfer that on the ball and have it give the pitcher something to hold onto -- especially as many times as they throw out balls today.