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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 latest quest is to try and stop pitchers from using foreign substances. It appears the MLB will soon enforce a plan to crack down on such a scenario. Per ESPN’s Buster ...
Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start Monday. The commissioner’s ...
On Tuesday afternoon, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow ripped Major League Baseball for its decision to punish pitchers for using “foreign substances.” Glasnow suffered partially torn ...
Vanderbilt baseball pitcher JD Thompson was ejected in the fourth inning of the game Saturday against Florida for use of a foreign substance.
Through investigation of the package, Major League Baseball discovered that "players with the El Paso Diablos, a minor league affiliate of the Diamondbacks, regularly crossed the border into Mexico to purchase steroids." Cabrera was unable to be tested regarding the package, [122] but denied ever having used steroids after the report was released.
On June 15, 2021, MLB announced a 10-game suspension for any player caught using foreign substances on baseballs, with umpire inspections of all pitchers starting on June 21, a decision that was met with mixed reactions from players and coaches.
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 ...