First, let's make one thing clear. I'm not defending New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda's recent illegal use of pine tar during a game against the Boston Red Sox, where the substance sat on his ...

NEW YORK -- Rob Cucuzza lifts the can of gunk off the clubhouse floor and turns it upside down. "They call it liquid pine tar, but it's more of a pasty-type of stuff," he said. "We could open this can ...

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said the sport will wait until after the season to study whether the rule preventing pitchers from using pine tar should be changed. New York ...

There’s a pitching feud brewing between two young aces on standout American League teams. Houston Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. and Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer got into a brief war of ...

The length of home plate on a baseball diamond is exactly 17 inches wide on the front end. Players can lay their bats alongside it and gauge how much room they have to work with in regard to applying ...