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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.
MLB Local Media is a division of Major League Baseball that produces and distributes regional television broadcasts for various MLB teams. Established prior to the 2023 season, the division has primarily served teams who no longer had a broadcaster due to business issues affecting their regional sports network rightsholders, including the then-ongoingbankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group (now ...
The Pittsburgh drug trials of 1985 were the catalyst for a Major League Baseball-related cocaine scandal. Several current and former members of the Pittsburgh Pirates – Dale Berra, Lee Lacy, Lee Mazzilli, John Milner, Dave Parker, Rod Scurry – and other notable major league players – Willie Aikens, Vida Blue, Enos Cabell, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, Tim Raines, Lonnie Smith and ...
Why a new baseball may be the ultimate solution for MLB's sticky stuff problem. Hannah Keyser. July 1, 2021 at 8:44 AM ... In a week-and-a-half of semi-regular on-field pitcher inspections, the ...
MLB reportedly cancels next week's Field of Dreams game between White Sox and Cardinals
Repeatedly in the 1980s, MLB owners colluded to keep player salaries down. Over multiple instances the owners were found to have stolen nearly $400 million from the players. When the Major League Baseball players struck in 1994, the owners were found to have committed unfair labor practices in attempting to keep player salaries down again.
MLB's Field of Dreams Game was a big hit last season, and fans could only wonder how the league could top it with its follow-up on Thursday. A big clue came on Wednesday, when a report emerged ...
Major League Baseball (MLB) banned the emery ball in 1914 and banned the spitball in 1920. [2] At the time the spitball was banned, 17 active pitchers were allowed to continue to throw the pitch through a grandfather clause; the last of these was Burleigh Grimes, who played until 1934. [3]