It's the time of year when Texas beachgoers may encounter natural tar balls washing up on Padre Island. Padre Island National ...

This week, in honor of Midsummer, we’re sharing some of our favorite stories on Scandinavian design from years past. Remember ...

Pine tar has a history in America's pastime, ... The dark goo was similarly used in America, and also added to soaps, shampoos, veterinary medicines and in tree limb treatments.

If using pine tar is cheating, it's cheating no matter how secretive you are about it. And if players don't think it should be considered cheating, then get the dang rule off the books before goo ...

CHICAGO — There was a dark brownish smudge on Chris Archer’s game jersey on Sunday when the Pirates right-hander pitched against the Cincinnati Reds. Was it pine tar? Fox Sports Ohio ...

Now, invisible pine tar, that would be something new, but no, it remains dark brown. It’s easy to spot on a bat and not that hard to find in a pitcher’s glove, if you look.

Bauer, in fact, claimed in a tweet three weeks ago that he can add 400 revolutions per minute to his fastball simply by using pine tar – and that he is one of the rare pitchers who doesn’t use ...

SAN DIEGO -- Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt was handed a picture of Jake Peavy, the image showing a dark substance on the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the San Diego Padres ace's ...

As the Yankees and Michael Pineda have learned lately, it’s not always that simple, and despite Lynn’s explanation, a dark spot could be seen on his brim, which he touched before nearly every ...

Pineda, who went six-plus innings of 1-run ball for the New York Yankees to pick up his first win of the season, had a dark substance on his hand for the first four innings of the game against the ...

The Yankees’ bats had a lot of problems Wednesday night, but was pine tar one of them? Social media outrage over pictures showing a dark substance on Mariners lefty Yusei Kikuchi’s hat … ...

Ex-MLB pitcher tells WFAN it's "not a big deal" that Yankees starter Michael Pineda appeared to have a foreign substance on his pitching hand against the Red Sox.