Pine tar is used 2 make ur breaking pitches sharper& help ur sinker 4 more movement! - Dwight Gooden (@DocGooden16) April 24, 2014. You can blow in your hand for a better grip when it's cold ...

Back to baseball, Rule 1.10 (b) permits the use of pine tar on the bat to allow players to get a better grip — up to 18 inches from the end, but no further, as the Yankees and Royals made clear ...

Pine tar is used to get a better grip on the ball, but it is an illegal substance banned by MLB. After his ejection from Wednesday night's game against the Red Sox, Pineda admitted that he was ...

Major League Baseball allows hitters to use pine tar on their bats as long as the brown substance doesn't extend past 18 inches. This is so hitters get a better grip, especially when they're ...

Jerry Reuss readily admits having used Stickum and other substances to help improve his grip on the ball during his 22-year big league pitching career. But the colorful left-hander still maintains ...

Pitchers have used pine tar for decades, though most players are smart enough to be discreet about the well-known practice. Several questions arise from Wednesday night’s embarrassment at Fen… ...

Some local teams, such as the Winslow baseball squad, use pine tar on wooden bats. “We have pine tar in our dugout because we swing wood,” said LaCasse, who custom makes all the bats for his team.

The hubbub over Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda's pine-tar ejection begs the question: What the heck is this stuff and why do big leaguers use it?

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. If, say, you’re ...