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Beau Sulser of the Indianapolis Indians submits to a random, routine check for foreign substances after an inning of a game on June 27, 2021.. The 2021 pitch doctoring controversy arose in Major League Baseball (MLB) around pitchers' use of foreign substances, such as the resin-based Spider Tack, to improve their grip on the baseball and the spin rate on their pitches.
It is named after the first baseball player to undergo the surgery, major league pitcher Tommy John, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 26 seasons. The initial operation, John's successful post-surgery career, and the relationship between the two men was the subject of a 2013 ESPN 30 for 30 documentary.
Eury Perez, Miami Marlins. The injury: Few pitchers in the league offered more promise than Perez after his sensational rookie season as a 20-year-old.But it’s no secret that pitchers who throw ...
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The average replay review takes one minute, fifty seconds, which is higher than MLB's original goal of 90 seconds per review. [ 29 ] One side effect has been the addition of 12 new umpires—the most since 1999—to MLB's staff, due to the need to staff the Replay Command Center with two crews.
MLB's ball issues date back multiple seasons. The league acquired Rawlings — the company that supplies MLB with baseballs — in 2018. The following season, the home-run rate surged to an all ...
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In February 2004, Major League Baseball announced a new drug policy which originally included random, offseason testing and 10-day suspensions for first-time offenders, 30 days for second-time offenders, 60 days for third-time offenders, and one year for fourth-time offenders, all without pay, in an effort to curtail performance-enhancing drug use (PED) in professional baseball.