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Rule changes, work stoppage, Offseason changes, Pitch Clock, New Uniforms

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021...wn-on-pitchers-use-of-foreign-substances.html
Major League Baseball To Crack Down On Pitchers? Use Of Foreign Substances.
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Report: MLB to start heavily enforcing foreign substance ban on June 21

According to USA Today, every starting pitcher will be checked at least twice a game for foreign substances by umpires and relief pitchers will be checked at least once. Other players can be checked by umpires if the umpires wish, though there isn?t a required visit in place. No pitcher should be checked more than any other, per the report, unless ?umpires detect suspicious behavior.?

?It?s about damn time,?? one National League position player said anonymously, via USA Today. ?We got tired of it. The balls are moving like they?re wiffle balls. This has been going on way too long. I?m glad they?re finally doing something about it.??
 
https://throughthefencebaseball.com...o-outlaw-foreign-substances-now-in-full-flow/
MLB Crackdown: Push to Outlaw Foreign Substances Now in Full Flow.
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The issue of the use of foreign substances had reached a level that the MLB were no longer willing to tolerate, Commissioner Rob Manfred stating;

?It has become clear that the use of foreign substances has generally morphed from trying to get a better grip on the ball into something else ? an unfair competitive advantage that is creating a lack of action and an uneven playing field,? he said.


You could never put anything on the baseball, not even resin, so what the hell is Manfred Von Dummkoff talking about? Rule 6.02 (c) 4.
 
why not? The players would certainly want a floor and the owner's are the ones that reportedly proposed it.

I guess so but if owners are willing to spend 100m why haven't some ever done so. Like Pittsburgh or Tampa etc..
 
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