On pitch-tipping

For those unfamiliar, Joe Mauer has been accused of tipping pitches during Tuesday's double-header. Via YouTube. By a so-called "Twins fan."

Here's a quick interview of the guy who made and posted the video. Here's the Twins' reaction.

I'm a real Twins fan, so naturally I'm buying the "it shouldn't have been that obvious" explanation that Gardenhire gives. Also I think Mauer is the kind-of guy who would admit to it if he was actually caught, and since he denies it, I'm going to believe him.

The Tigers could have easily prevented it by switching signs (MLB teams have a second set of more complicated signs for when a runner's on second). The video claims they did switch signs, but the resolution doesn't really allow for an accurate assessment of this. On the first pitch (a change-up) Mauer gives the same "signal" he does for the curveball later. Assuming Joe can tell the difference between three Tigers' signals, why wouldn't he have three different signals of his own? Additionally, Mauer touches his helmet, and THEN his face around the 2:33 mark, yet the maker of the video ignores this different signal for the same pitch. I think these "signals" are what Mauer's teammates are saying. Nervous habits, which happen to exhibit themselves every time the pitcher gets set.

The video just seems to be made with the same type of sensationalist style of "Loose Change" (a 9/11 conspiracy movie, no link for that crap):
-The "quick glance towards Mauer"... except there's no way to tell if Kubel's looking at Mauer or Verlander
-The "everyone in the game knows it" part. How, exactly, is knowledge viewable in one's body language? Does Verlander look any different than he normally does? Does Leyland look silently aware of the mind games going on between Laird, Verlander, Kubel and Mauer? Or does it just look like they're all intense, because they're playing in a very significant baseball game?

Not that pitch-tipping is cheating, or an irregular occurrence in baseball. This just isn't a case of it. The video-maker got obsessed with this notion of Joe tipping pitches, and ignored irregularities in order to support it.