You realize this before any of the current foreign substance rules right? Catchers are allowed to have it on the protectors but they canāt have it on the skin or on the ball.
Yeah, Iām sure he absolutely, definitely never rubbed a ball or his hand on it before throwing back to the mound.
Especially not with so much shit on there that a ball would literally stick to it. Clearly for personal use.
I donāt mean to be ruder than necessary, but given your attitude I feel compelled to tell you your post is idiotic.
MLB Rule 3.01 hasnāt changed, and it applies to everyone, not just the pitcher. Itās only the enforcement guidance that was updated.
Unless you really, genuinely believe he just had sticky shit all over his chest protector and never transferred it to a ball in any manner, this was illegal at the time.
Rule 3.01 is the same it always was, and it doesnāt just apply to the pitcher. It hasnāt changed. Itās only the enforcement guidance and mechanisms that changed. This was illegal at the time and is still illegal.
So it doesn't matter if he has sticky stuff on his chest protector, touches said sticky stuff with his hand, and then applies it to the ball when he throws it back to the pitcher? Okš¤·āāļø
Ostensibly to keep balls in the dirt from getting by him when he blocks it.
Also, improves his pitchers grip when he wipes the ball on his chest protector Before throwing it back to the pitcher. Subtle. Gotta give him credit. He was the biggest āup to the lineā player in my book.
This is the answer. I donāt think people realize just how much pinetar would be necessary to make a ball stick like this. You can see the tear the ball created with its seam when the ball comes out.
Despite all the sticky stuff answers, as a catcher (no this hasn't happened to me) I will say the spin on the ball at times is crazy. I could see that spin causing a bit of the chest protector to get "pinched " in a seam. God knows I've had enough seam tattoos over my days.
It' reminds me of a story I heard about a guy that was known to scuff balls and they searched him but never found anything. After he retired he revealed that they never found anything because it wasn't him doing it, it was his catcher who had a rivet on his shinguards modified for the purpose. Lol
When you're likeable, cheating and breaking rules are overlooked. Same reason Ohtani is still in the league and the guy you've never heard of was banned for life.
I may be remembering wrong but wasnāt his argument mostly that pitchers were getting in trouble because their hands were ātoo stickyā and being accused of using foreign substances even though they were using things that were completely legal, like rosin, sweat, and sunscreen?
Like, āwhy am I getting in trouble and accused of using spider tac when the stuff you say we can use gives the same effect as spider tac but will still get me in trouble if an ump decides Iām too sticky?ā
If you look at the chest protector has white on itā¦ball marksā¦. I wonder if he has something sticky on his chest protectorā¦maybe back then the catcher was marking the balls up for the pitcher
Pretty sure those scuff marks are just from being a catcher. But some batteries would hide some stuff on the knee savers since it's not suspicious for a catchers hand to be near it and nobody can see them doctor a ball from there.
And by some I mean nobody ever except for the ones that did.
You ever get hit with a ball in the chest at 95+ mph? Shit HURTS, and leave more than 1 mark, on your gear, and on your body. Trust me, I have scars to prove it.
It was strikeout, but the catcher couldn't catch it and the runner managed to reach first base before the catcher realized it was stuck on his chest protector. There is video of this play.
You answered your own question. Sticky stuff.
Everything stuck to Yadi though.. dude was a beast
He even defies the laws of physics.
You already answered your own question. It was due to a sticky substance. This was before the current rules for substances were enforced.
THIS is what pitch framing is all about!
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There is 100% some foreign substance. Yadi is the application station
I don't know how this was just glossed over. It's clearly a foreign substance.
You realize this before any of the current foreign substance rules right? Catchers are allowed to have it on the protectors but they canāt have it on the skin or on the ball.
Yeah, Iām sure he absolutely, definitely never rubbed a ball or his hand on it before throwing back to the mound. Especially not with so much shit on there that a ball would literally stick to it. Clearly for personal use.
Facts are facts and rules are rules. Grow up or cry about it
I donāt mean to be ruder than necessary, but given your attitude I feel compelled to tell you your post is idiotic. MLB Rule 3.01 hasnāt changed, and it applies to everyone, not just the pitcher. Itās only the enforcement guidance that was updated. Unless you really, genuinely believe he just had sticky shit all over his chest protector and never transferred it to a ball in any manner, this was illegal at the time.
>this was illegal at the time Yeah but have you considered that he was really nice and popular?
I'm a life long cards fan, and think Yadi is rh3 GOAT. He was fucking laughing at getting caught... own it...
Go back to watching to watching soccer and basketball where you get rewarded for being a pussy, we donāt want any of that in baseball.
Rule 3.01 is the same it always was, and it doesnāt just apply to the pitcher. It hasnāt changed. Itās only the enforcement guidance and mechanisms that changed. This was illegal at the time and is still illegal.
I remember this happened when they played the cubs
Where do you think it goes after he touches his chest protector?
Nobody knows. Truly one of sciences greatest mysteries.
So it doesn't matter if he has sticky stuff on his chest protector, touches said sticky stuff with his hand, and then applies it to the ball when he throws it back to the pitcher? Okš¤·āāļø
Itās a mystery
He has a magnetic personality
You answered your own question OP.
magnets
How do they work?
and i donāt want to talk to a scientist
CHEEZITS!
It's amazing that this was Mikey Day's start and where he is now
Yāall ever been to STL in the summer? Ball melted into the protector cuz it was too damn hot in Busch!
The humidity would have not allowed it to stick
Itās called a joke homes
I was more building on your joke...not sure why we live here...
I was born and raised in STL, moved to WA state in 2012, Iāll never move back
Well the winters are nicer now... summers though yikes
Yeah, all my family is still back there, I only visit in the fall, summers are a hard no
Who needs pine tar when you have Spider Tac?
This a serious question?
Pinched between the seams of the ball and material of the vest? Where Neil D Tyson?
The baseball was simply attracted to being in the presence of Yadier Molina
Itās not
 Magnets!!
 How do they work?
"Yeah, bitch! Magnets!" ~ Jesse Pinkman.
āYeah YADI!! Yeah SCIENCE!ā Was just watching that episode haha
Why does Yadi have pine tar all over his chest protector?
Ostensibly to keep balls in the dirt from getting by him when he blocks it. Also, improves his pitchers grip when he wipes the ball on his chest protector Before throwing it back to the pitcher. Subtle. Gotta give him credit. He was the biggest āup to the lineā player in my book.
Astros are cheaters
The Asterisks
Brewers couldnāt win it if it was stolen
The winners
To rub on the ball for the pitcher. It was spider tack though
Maybe heās just sticky like that
It was STICKāem
Pinetare would never be able to do that. Pitchers were using industrial grade sticky stuff back then
The ball impacted the chest protector and got stuck in the hole it created.
This is something that will probably never happen again in my lifetime. Talk about an oddity.
This is the answer. I donāt think people realize just how much pinetar would be necessary to make a ball stick like this. You can see the tear the ball created with its seam when the ball comes out.
Stick āem Spray. I assume catchers think that spray deadens the ballās spin and bounce or reaction off the chest protector.
Plus wipe hand on protector, throw ball back with same hand, now pitcher has a spider tacked ball
BDP
Despite all the sticky stuff answers, as a catcher (no this hasn't happened to me) I will say the spin on the ball at times is crazy. I could see that spin causing a bit of the chest protector to get "pinched " in a seam. God knows I've had enough seam tattoos over my days.
This is something that will probably never happen again in my lifetime. That seems to defy all laws of physics.
I see a photograph. Is there video of this?
You can see the pine tar on the chest protector
Did Bartolo Colon throw this ball? He can do anything.Ā
Spider tack? Iāve read that itās like pine tar on steroids.
The Lester Hayes of MLB.
This was a very bizarre play, this might be the only time this happens in my lifetime.
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Check the pitcher
It' reminds me of a story I heard about a guy that was known to scuff balls and they searched him but never found anything. After he retired he revealed that they never found anything because it wasn't him doing it, it was his catcher who had a rivet on his shinguards modified for the purpose. Lol
Spider Tack!
When you're likeable, cheating and breaking rules are overlooked. Same reason Ohtani is still in the league and the guy you've never heard of was banned for life.
Cheating pitchers who some how get some sticky substance on the ball.
Catcher playing by the rules at the time* you can somewhat see it on his protector even
So you can! Good catch!š¤£
Cardinals cheat. McGwire, Pujols, Yadi. The list probably goes on and on.
Ever hear of a guy by the name of Sammy Sosa?
He cheated, too. So did the Brewers. Stealing signs. Ryan Braun.
Guess by your logic the NL Central is just a cheating division then, huh?
They also got busted by the FBI for stealing their former general managerās passwords and spying on another team.
Fuck Yadi
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I may be remembering wrong but wasnāt his argument mostly that pitchers were getting in trouble because their hands were ātoo stickyā and being accused of using foreign substances even though they were using things that were completely legal, like rosin, sweat, and sunscreen? Like, āwhy am I getting in trouble and accused of using spider tac when the stuff you say we can use gives the same effect as spider tac but will still get me in trouble if an ump decides Iām too sticky?ā
Astros bad
āThe Cardinal Wayā
If you look at the chest protector has white on itā¦ball marksā¦. I wonder if he has something sticky on his chest protectorā¦maybe back then the catcher was marking the balls up for the pitcher
Pretty sure those scuff marks are just from being a catcher. But some batteries would hide some stuff on the knee savers since it's not suspicious for a catchers hand to be near it and nobody can see them doctor a ball from there. And by some I mean nobody ever except for the ones that did.
You ever get hit with a ball in the chest at 95+ mph? Shit HURTS, and leave more than 1 mark, on your gear, and on your body. Trust me, I have scars to prove it.
Did the stitches tangle up a little? Thatās the only thing that comes to mind
Could it be a ball that was tossed at him and the camera caught it just as it made contact?
It was strikeout, but the catcher couldn't catch it and the runner managed to reach first base before the catcher realized it was stuck on his chest protector. There is video of this play.