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MLB sticky stuff: Pitcher checks, enforcements change in 2022 - Sports Illustrated
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MLB asks umpires for heightened sticky substance checks
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MLB batting average jumps 7 points with substance crackdown
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MLB asks umpires for heightened sticky substance checks
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MLB intends to increase enforcement of sticky-stuff checks in 2023 season
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Max Scherzer gets angry over repeated examinations by umpires
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MLB Announces Crackdown on Illegal Foreign Substances - Umpires Instructed to Inspect Pitchers
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Who is Phil Cuzzi? Max Scherzer falls victim to umpire's bizarre record involving pitchers
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America's pastime has a new ritual: Frisking pitchers for sticky stuff
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MLB foreign substance: Ex-pitcher Mike Dunne bristles at checks
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Umpire Substance Checks Put Pitchers in Awkward Positions - The New York Times