And foreign substances are a clear and present issue in the game, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt asserted, bluntly, when asked Thursday afternoon. “Yeah, it’s a problem,” he said.

The sticky substances used by pitchers vary. According to The Athletic, pitchers have been known to use pine tar, vaseline and hair gel to better grip baseballs. There are also several proprietary ...

Rays reliever Joel Peralta, who pitched for the Nationals during the 2010 season, was ejected for having an "illegal substance" on or in his glove. The ejection happened before Peralta threw a ...

It apparently is a common practice for catchers to use such substances to help them grip the ball better. That raises an interesting gap in baseball’s rules.

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