DUNEDIN, Fla. — The memo on “sticky stuff,” to all 30 clubs was a clear warning to pitchers everywhere. • Inspections of pitchers would be “more vigilant and unpredictable” than in the past. • ...

Two weeks ago, when New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole didn’t deny using Spider Tack to increase his spin on pitches, it was a big day in baseball. Clips of him sputtering through an interminable ...

First it was steroids, then it was sign-stealing and now it’s the “glue ball”. Major league baseball once again is at the center of an on-the-field scandal with broad off-the-field implications for ...

While most major league pitchers use some sort of grip enhancer to improve spin rates, there’s one sticky substance many of them feel is a step too far. “Get Spider Tack out of the game and I don’t ...

Armed with a fastball that can hum at 100 mph into the late innings, and an array of other plus-pitches, New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole’s talent, and ability to create spin on the baseball, has made ...