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  2. Spitball - Wikipedia

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    The spitball is now banned in Major League baseball. [1] It is a pitching violation in NCAA Baseball. [7] However, it is still sometimes thrown in violation of the rules. In 1942, Leo Durocher, then-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, fined Bobo Newsom for throwing a spitball and "lying to me about it." Typically, a lubricant is hidden behind the ...

  3. 2021 pitch doctoring controversy - Wikipedia

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    The spitball was formally banned in 1920, after Ray Chapman was struck in the head and killed by one such pitch. Another historical method of doctoring pitches included the emery ball , in which sandpaper or an emery board was used to scuff one side of a ball and change its flight pattern. [ 2 ]

  4. Cheating in baseball - Wikipedia

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    The spitball is an illegal baseball pitch where the ball has been altered by the application of a foreign substance, such as saliva or petroleum jelly. The emery ball, also an illegal pitch, consists of throwing a ball that has been scuffed by a rough surface, such as an emery board or sandpaper.

  5. 6 types of drugs banned by the Olympics, and how they affect ...

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    Kamila Valieva was cleared to compete after a failed drug test, while other athletes, like Sha'Carri Richardson, were barred from the Games.

  6. Olympics: Which countries have been banned from the Games and why

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    With the Olympics, comes controvery. Learn about why various countries have been banned over the years and which nation is banned from participating in the Tokyo Games.

  7. Flags banned, signs ripped up: Why you can’t mention ... - AOL

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    The island, which is claimed by Beijing, is only one of three competitors whose flag is banned from these Olympics, the others being Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine. The policy has ...

  8. List of Olympic Games scandals, controversies and incidents

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    Nine-time Finnish Olympic gold medallist Paavo Nurmi was found to be a professional athlete and banned from running in the Games. The main orchestrators of the ban were the Swedish officials that were the core of the IOC bureaucracy, including IOC president Sigfrid Edström, who claimed that Nurmi had received too much money for his travel ...

  9. List of drugs banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency

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    Blood doping is the injection of red blood cells, related blood products that contain red blood cells, or artificial oxygen containers. This is done by extracting and storing one's own blood prior to an athletic competition, well in advance of the competition so that the body can replenish its natural levels of red blood cells, and subsequently injecting the stored blood immediately before ...