MLB needed to start enforcing its rules against pitch doctoring. But what happens if the new solution ends up as sticky as the problem?
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MLB’s press release announcing its decision to crack down on foreign substances was nine paragraphs long, stuffed with quotes from the commissioner’s office, information on how umpires would check pitchers and details on the appropriate punishments. Yet it missed some big questions.