BETTER GRIP ON BALL ALSO PROTECTS HITTERS "Angels address the sticky situation of illegal substances on the baseball – ...Manager Joe Maddon said pitchers have been putting substances on the baseball to improve their grip “as long as I’ve been in baseball,” and it’s a particular issue now because the baseballs have become more slick. The solution, he said, is eventually that MLB will have to change the ball..'

BETTER GRIP ON BALL ALSO PROTECTS HITTERS  "Angels address the sticky situation of illegal substances on the baseball – ...Manager Joe Maddon said pitchers have been putting substances on the baseball to improve their grip "as long as I've been in baseball," and it's a particular issue now because the baseballs have become more slick. The solution, he said, is eventually that MLB will have to change the ball..'

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/03/06/angels-address-the-sticky-situation-of-illegal-substances-on-the-baseball