First, let's make one thing clear. I'm not defending New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda's recent illegal use of pine tar during a game against the Boston Red Sox, where the substance sat on his ...
In early 2019, Major League Baseball visited spring training camps with a new, buzzed-about toy: a sticky baseball. The baseballs, which weren’t the exact ones used (and often hailed by pitchers) in ...
Outspoken Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez said Friday he believes there are pitchers on every team who use pine tar and other substances to manipulate the ball. ''If before every game if they ...
NEW YORK — David Ortiz looked at a cellphone photograph of Michael Pineda’s right hand, one with a brown substance smeared across the palm. “Was he hitting, or was he pitching?” Ortiz said. Pine tar ...
Maddon said pine tar use is “common knowledge in the industry” by “every major league baseball team.” He said glove manufacturers “were probably inundated with new orders last night and this morning ...
Davey Johnson says Joe Maddon should ''read the rulebook.'' Maddon says the rulebook shouldn't always rule in the ''self-policing'' world of major league baseball — and that if anyone was cheating, it ...
Torpedo bats have taken the baseball world by storm, and one MLB pitcher wants to bring back a competitive edge for hurlers. Pitchers used pine tar for a better grip on pitches, but the fad grew to ...
NEW YORK —Commissioner Bud Selig said Major League Baseball will wait until after the season to study whether the rule preventing pitchers from using pine tar should be changed. New York Yankees ...
The length of home plate on a baseball diamond is exactly 17 inches wide on the front end. Players can lay their bats alongside it and gauge how much room they have to work with in regard to applying ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett is his jovial self, laughing and smiling while reflecting on his rage 40 years ago today in the infamous yet celebrated Pine Tar Game against ...
On July 24, 1983, George Brett hit a home run off New York closer Goose Gossage with two outs in the ninth inning to gave the Kansas City Royals a one-run lead at Yankee Stadium. But Brett's joy over ...