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Why don't they just legalize using these sticky substances and even out the field? It doesn't seem to detract from the game much.
by colordrops 5y ago
Why don't they just legalize using these sticky substances and even out the field? It doesn't seem to detract from the game much.
- rvba 5y agoThe game is already a snoozefest. If nobody can hit the balls, it will be even worse. Checking gloves, gear, even by a doctor and banning cheaters is the way. But article states that this type of cheat is in the history of the sport.
- llbeansandrice 5y agoYou can just move the mound back like 6 inches. Not like the MLB does anything meaningful against cheaters like the Astros. Also MLB has been doctoring the ball for years and not telling the players. Juicing and de-juicing, raising the stitching. Manfred can do so many simple things to make the game more interesting that...isn't this. Pitch clock is the most straight forward.
- paulv 5y agoIt is letting pitchers throw pitches that are on the edge of what they can control. Also, when pitchers throw balls the same way they have for years, changing the way balls move in ways the pitchers haven't been able to account for. The result is that the number of batters hit by pitches has gone up, and some of them have gotten seriously hurt (orbital bone fractures, broken noses, etc).