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Major Barbara · 06-12-2015, 07:42 PM

If you're using Vaseline or K-Y jelly or Brylcreem, it's not technically a spitter. It's merely a foreign-substancer.

Teddyterp · 06-14-2015, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Major Barbara

If you're using Vaseline or K-Y jelly or Brylcreem, it's not technically a spitter. It's merely a foreign-substancer.

Ok. Guess you win the pi**ing contest.

Major Barbara · 06-15-2015, 07:43 AM

Lighten up. But still keep in mind the expectorated tobacco-juice nature of the spitball's origins

LongNote · 06-16-2015, 08:43 AM

So is it against the rules to spit on or lick your fingers before pitching?

P47P47 · 06-17-2015, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by LongNote

So is it against the rules to spit on or lick your fingers before pitching?

See Rule 6.02(c)(1)

Official Rules | MLB.com: Official info

LongNote · 06-19-2015, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by P47P47

See Rule 6.02(c)(1)

Official Rules | MLB.com: Official info

There was a pitcher, I think his name was Kenny Rogers who was pitching with pine tar. How did he get pine tar on the ball? I feel that it gave him a psychological edge more so than an actual edge. Some people were arguing that it made his pitches "move" more.

LongNote · 07-16-2015, 05:16 AM

What about wiping the sweat from your brow? Couldn't that moisture theoretically be used as a gripping agent?