Pine tar for pitchers article, what's your opinion

[jwal23]

I've talked to a lot of people about this recently and have heard arguments from both sides so I figured I'd get a few more points of view...pretty interesting article, guess this will be one of the main story lines of the off-season this year...

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10...lized-pitchers

[MLB~NUT]

I say Allow it! Players do it anyways and have! Players still use
PED's, soo...

[flaco1801]

Isnt the rosin bag for the pitchers aid in gripping the ball?....allowing pine tar and all sorts of pine tar colored vaseline will be used....Ive used the rosin bag and it works as designed....

[flaco1801]

Come to think of it, i dont remember the last time i saw a pitcher pick up the rosin bag...are they still on the mound?..boy they could make a bundle selling game used rosin bags...even game issued, and spring training...would a rosin bag have to be touched by a pitcher on the mound during a game or could it be touched before the game to be deemed game used?..wait if it was touched before the game and a new one was used it would have to be game issued right?...

[Roady]

Wasn't a consideration until a Yankees pitcher got caught. Now MLB is talking about allowing it. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

[DJaeger22]

Wasn't a consideration until a Yankees pitcher got caught. Now MLB is talking about allowing it. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

For me I think when it's a question of safety, losing your grip when throwing 90+mph, they should absolutely look into it. If it took a pitcher getting caught on a high profile team for them to finally consider it, it is definitely a good thing. Especially with player safety becoming more and more important, they should look into anything and everything to keep guys safe and healthy.

[Roady]

It has been against the rules for what a hundred years?
No need to change it now.
Maybe if they didn't rub that slick mud all over the balls they pitchers would have a better grip on the ball.
Take a raw baseball and one that has been rubbed down with the mud and you will see how slick the mud makes the ball.

[Roady]

And pine tar applied to a baseball does nothing to help control. It allows the pitcher to put more spin on the ball.

[flaco1801]

Put some rosin on your hand, you will see there is NO need for pine tar...

[ChiGuy1]

Pine tar does help with control. Used like most pitchers would/do use it, it would help with a better grip. This more of an issue when cold out and pitchers have no feeling their fingers.