San Francisco Giants third baseman Evan Longoria joined the SI Media Podcast to discuss baseball's unwritten rules and in particular, the growing concern over the use of foreign substances by MLB pitchers. Longoria says that the substances currently being used are more effective than ever, causing spin rates on pitches throughout the league to go "through the roof" and making it nearly impossible ...
MLB has come under fire for league-wide use of foreign substances by pitchers, and when asked about the sticky stuff, Yankees ace Gerrit Cole's awkward answer confirmed what we already knew: Baseball is full of cheaters.
This is only the latest scandal in baseball's long history of cheating. Whether it be rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs during the Steroid Era, elaborate sign-stealing s...
MLB is finally doing something about its foreign substance problem by conducting on-field checks for sticky stuff, and pitchers aren't happy about it. Nationals ace Max Scherzer and A's reliever Sergio Romo both went viral with their reactions to being checked by umpires, stopping just short of stripping down in front of everybody. Scherzer even got into a heated shouting match with Phillies manag...