UPDATE: Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski says he has not seen the video in question.



CINCINNATI -- Several posts on the Twitter account of a self-proclaimed "diehard" Cincinnati Reds fan include links to a pair of YouTube videos and accuse Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde of spitting into his glove Sunday night during the ninth inning of a 7-6 win over the Reds.



The Twitter account, which is listed under the name Justin Tooley, made multiple Tweets in the early hours of Monday morning to sites and people who might be interested in seeing Valverde "cheating" and "serving up a spit-ball." The Tweets were sent to Deadspin.com, ESPN.com writer Keith Law and Dallas Latos, the wife of Reds starting pitcher Mat Latos, along with others.



Dallas Latos also forwarded the links to several others, including Deadspin. The links connect to videos on a YouTube account run by "JTOOL7."



The two links, which will almost be certainly taken down once Major League

Baseball catches wind of them, show Valverde on the mound before he delivered a

1-2 pitch to Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco with nobody out in the ninth. Both appear to be shot on a hand-held camera off a TV broadcast of the game.



One is a full-screen version that clearly shows the game situation, the score of the game and the fact that it was an ESPN broadcast of the game in question. The other is an up-close, slow-motion version of the events in question.



At one point, Valverde – during the histrionics he seems to perform between each pitch – appears to have a ball of spit on his tongue. He then pulls it back into his mouth, brings his glove – with the ball in it – in front of his mouth, then pulls the glove away.



Twenty seconds later -- after Valverde touches the dirt, smacks his glove, touches his hat four times, etc. -- Valverde gets Mesoraco to swing and miss at strike three for the first out of the inning.



Watch the clips -- while you can -- here and here (and below). Not sure what to make of this. It is an unusual series of events, but it is impossible to tell for sure whether Valverde spits into his glove at all. What do you think? Did Valverde do anything wrong?