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Are Redsox pitchers using a foreign substance to cheat?

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by CinematicFusion, Oct 15, 2018.

  1. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard

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    Tyler Bauer has a little too much free time...
     
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    He should spend more time playing with drones.
     
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    A quote from the following article - https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/get-a-grip/

    And here’s where we turn to a different clay–Clay Buchholz. As you may recall, Buchholz unwittingly became an advocate for skin cancer prevention, going so far as to wear Bullfrog sunscreen even when he’s indoors. Regardless of whether sunscreen should be worn when it’s overcast or on a cold day (note: always wear sunscreen!), Buchholz’s application of sunscreen on his forearm is no different from any other pitcher’s use of sunscreen. It’s well known to serve as a substance to provide improved tackiness to the ball.

    The combination of Bullfrog spray-on sunscreen and rosin is the not-so-secret weapon in the pitcher’s arsenal, readily available to anyone in a major league dugout: “Sunscreen and rosin could be used as foundation for houses,” one American League pitcher said. “Produces a tack, glue-like substance that engineers would be jealous of.” What is in this combination of Bullfrog spray-on sunscreen and rosin that could be providing this extra tackiness?
     
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    Jeff Passan is busy investigating Kyle McLaughlin like he's a henchman for Mohammad bin Salman while the Red Sox pitching staff strolls to the mound like Burt Reynolds in Striptease.

     

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