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April 24, 2014 11:38 pm GMT
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Yankees Pine Tar Ejection: A Window Into Baseball's Sneaky Unwritten Rules
New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was ejected from a Wednesday night game against the Boston Red Sox for having a swath of pine tar on his neck, then suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday. After Pineda's ejection, many casual followers of the sport had similar reactions: Pine tar? What's up with that? What is this, 1919?
The first step to understanding Pineda's pine-tar-gate is accepting that baseball, more than any other sport, relies on a set of codified standards that don't always jive with what you'll find in the rule book. To wit: Pine tar is illegal for use by pitchers seeking to improve their grip on the ball, but's it's widely acknowledged that pitchers use it on an extremely regular basis Read more...
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