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sports2 years ago

Aaron Judge's Impact on the Yankees and Beyond.

New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German has accepted his 10-game suspension for failing a sticky-stuff inspection during his start on Tuesday. German declined to appeal the suspension and an undisclosed fine, which means the Yankees will have to play a man short for 10 games. German insisted he was only using the rosin bag on the mound, but umpires disagreed. The Yankees will have to pick up the pieces of how to survive the next 10 games with a 25-man roster.

sports2 years ago

"MLB legends defend Max Scherzer amid sticky substance controversy"

Former MLB pitcher and current broadcaster David Cone defended Mets' Max Scherzer after performing an experiment with MLB's "rock rosin" to see how sticky fingers get when pitchers use it. Cone's experiment shows that Scherzer's claim of only using rosin and sweat is plausible. Scherzer was ejected and suspended for 10 games after umpire Phil Cuzzi deemed his hands too sticky to continue pitching, despite Scherzer's attempts to clean them with alcohol in front of an MLB official.