The 10-game suspension handed to Mets ace Max Scherzer has sparked plenty of discussion over the use of foreign substances—even legal ones—by pitchers in MLB.
During New York’s clash against the Giants on Sunday Night Baseball, ESPN analyst David Cone conducted an experiment in which he perfectly displayed how rosin can impact a pitcher’s grip.
Cone gave fans a visual representation of the effect rosin has on a pitcher’s hand, and then added alcohol to the mix to depict the difference. He could be seen gripping the rock rosin before attempting to clean his hands with alcohol. He then tried to grip the ball after using the alcohol—and the results were glaring.
