While the most well-known forms of cheating in MLB history are steroids and sign-stealing, Spider Tack has become one of baseball's stickiest issues. While doctoring baseballs has always been a part ...

The MLB has begun cracking down with suspensions and further punishments for any pitchers caught using Spider Tack and other illegal substances. If you’ve been following along with MLB news recently, ...

Materials that are tacky or sticky are easily identified by touch. This is normally done by holding the material between the forefinger and thumb, and feeling how sticky and difficult it is to remove ...

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 ...