I didn’t think the umps were really going to enforce it but they checked matt scherzer 3 times in 4 innings. I don’t mind going after the shit like spider tack but I feel like telling someone they cant use sunscreen because it happens to get tacky when combined with rosin is a little much.
I think managers will start using this as a way to get in a pitchers head and get him out of his groove. As we saw in the nationals game they will check them anytime you ask. 3 times in 4 innings is crazy.
One of the shows noticed Scherzer swapped hats between innings after the first check. They had closeups of smegma on his cap and then in the next inning his hat was brand new.
They also said his spin rate was down by a considerable amount.
The weird part is mlb acting like they give a shit all of a sudden. For years you could watch games and If you watched the pitcher between pitches you could see him obviously touching his two fingers to his glove or to his hat after every new ball is put in play. They didn’t even hide it. Jomboy has a bunch of videos where you can see pitchers doing it and everybody knows they are. The opposing team doesn’t want to say anything because their guy is doing it too
Bauer was calling people out for it for a couple years. Mlb wouldn’t do shit about it so he decided he would do it too. Before 2018 Bauer had zero pitches with a spin rate of 3000 rpm. Then out of nowhere he is throwing these pitches with ridiculous spin. I don’t blame him. It helped him sign that big contract.
Like it’s so obvious. They say it’s pine tar but this is before everyone knew about spider tack. Strongmen use that shit to pick up atlas stones. It’s crazy how sticky it is. I’ve seen pictures of people with 30lb dumbbells hanging from their hands using that shit.
It’s been happening for years. Like the manager said in the video above, it’s baseballs dirty little secret. Almost every pitcher is using something. Some are using the crazy shit like spider tack and other concoctions they’ve cooked up while others are just using sunscreen and rosin. The sunscreen and rosin is pretty much accepted by all. It’s the other stuff that people arent fond of.