Sports Illustrated- MLB

Jun 28, 2021

Sticky Stuff Enforcement Is Already Making Baseball a Better, Fairer Game

MLB has seen a drastic decline in spin rates in just the first week it began enforcing the ban on pitchers doctoring.

Jun 16, 2021

MLB's Pitch-Doctoring Crackdown Presents New Problems for the League

The league needed to start enforcing its rules against pitch doctoring, but the results could be disruptive across the game.

Jun 14, 2021

Sticky Cleanup: What Pitch-Doctoring Enforcement Means for MLB

In advance of a crackdown on doctoring baseballs, four-seam fastball spin rate is declining and offense is picking up.

Jun 09, 2021

MLB's Pitch Doctoring Scandal Goes Beyond Individual Offenders

Several of the pitchers who spoke to Sports Illustrated said their teams had encouraged them to use foreign substances to make their pitches spin faster.

Jun 08, 2021

MLB's Pitch Doctoring Epidemic Is Nothing New

The league has been here before. In the 1960s, a spike in spitballs was met with resistance from the league office.