Posted October 28, 20159 yr comment_164465 http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Baseball/MLB/2015/10/28/22566875.html interesting, its illegal for a pitcher to apply a foreign substance to the ball but no where does it say a catcher cant do it. apparently perez has pine tar on his right shin pad he rubs the ball against before tossing back to the pitcher. clever loop hole or should be punished?
October 28, 20159 yr comment_164473 Well as soon as he tosses it back to the pitcher, is the pitcher not now using an illegal ball?
October 28, 20159 yr Author comment_164478 well the rules say a pitcher may not apply a foreign substance to the ball. in this case the pitcher technically isnt doing anything, and could deny any knowledge of it (unlikely)
October 28, 20159 yr comment_164479 The pitcher himself can't have an illegal substance on him but positional players can. Pine Tar & rosin are allowed to be used, by anyone except the pitcher, to help grip the ball. FWIW, the Mets do not have an issue with this.
October 28, 20159 yr Author comment_164487 They might not have an issue themselves, but some pitchers have been suspended for this, this year too, I can see them changing the ruling where everyone except batters are banned. However I heard when someone got suspended this year, they did a poll and many players didnt mind pitchers using tar cuz it gave them better control of the ball and it lessed wild pitches
October 28, 20159 yr comment_164489 However I heard when someone got suspended this year, they did a poll and many players didnt mind pitchers using tar cuz it gave them better control of the ball and it lessed wild pitches I saw that too. Makes sense. I'd rather face a ball spinning a little faster than worry about taking one in the cranium.
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