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Vanderbilt baseball pitcher JD Thompson was ejected in the fourth inning of the game Saturday against Florida for use of a foreign substance.
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Major League Baseball began its crackdown on unauthorized grip substances this week with in-game checks of pitchers. Although many of baseball’s top pitchers have expressed their frustration at ...
Pitchers may unfairly improve their grip on the baseball. Applying a sticky substance such as pine tar to their pitching hand can greatly improve the spin rate of a thrown baseball, which results in more movement on pitches. [9] While the use of such "foreign substances" is a violation of MLB rules, historically it was rarely enforced. [10]
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.
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.
As MLB prepares to ramp up its inspection of doctored baseballs, the process is reminding some about other sordid discoveries from the recent past.
The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball states that using these banned substances puts players health at risk and also puts players at an unfair advantage. The MLB has created many jointed sub programs listed below. [37] MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program (40-Man Roster Players) Major League Alcohol and Marijuana Policy