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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.
New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán was suspended for 10 games Wednesday by Major League Baseball and fined for violating the sport's prohibition of foreign substances on the mound. The ...
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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.
Major League Baseball's drug policy prohibits players from using, possessing, selling, facilitating the sale of, distributing, or facilitating the distribution of any Drug of Abuse and/or Steroid. Any and all drugs or substances listed under Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act are considered drugs of abuse covered by the Program ...
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]
Vanderbilt baseball pitcher Ethan McElvain left Saturday's series finale against Florida due to an apparent injury suffered while throwing warmup pitches.. McElvain was summoned after JD Thompson ...