Hey, Major League Baseball, it’s time to seize the opportunity!Stop making pitchers a villain

It’s okay, Max. We are all crazy.

The most kept secret of Major League Baseball is that pitchers use sticky substances to hold baseballs almost when they throw baseballs, and batters are usually satisfied with this. It wasn’t until Rob Manfred and the other think tanks in the Major League Baseball office decided that the offense dropped (after all, it was part of themselves) that this became a real problem.

Therefore, no one should be surprised when Max Scherzer targeted the Major League Baseball Commissioner and his recent efforts to “save baseball” after the Nationals defeated the Phillies 3-2.

“This is Manfred’s rule,” Scherzer said after the game. “Go ask him. I have said enough.”

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Really, Major League Baseball’s overwhelming silence on this matter-and the incredible ability of the sport to continue to behave in its own way-has put Major League Baseball players under pressure for this. Scherzer was checked three times on the court for sticky substances last night, one time at the request of Phillies manager Joe Gilady, and he was obviously annoyed by the process.

Really, who can blame him? Although some people point to Scherzer’s “drama”, the fact that three of the most outstanding pitchers in baseball, Scherzer, Gerrit Cole, and Tyler Glasnow talk so frankly about the use of viscous materials, tells you that it’s better than the sport. Something more widely accepted leads you to believe.

There are good reasons for this. Scherzer explained.

“If you look at Bohm’s shot, I almost put a 95 mph fastball on his head because the ball slipped out of my hands,” Scherzer said. “All night, I was tired of licking my fingers and tasting the rosin. I couldn’t even sweat from the back of my head because it was really not a warm night.

“So the only sweaty part on my body is actually my hair, so I had to take off my hat to get any moisture on my hands and try to mix it with rosin. For me, it was confusing Partly, because I just want to catch the ball.”

Scherzer’s explanation is just the latest example of a pitcher just trying to catch a smooth baseball. Considering that the enforcement of the rules is so loose, this is not a question of whether the “sticky stuff” is cheating, um, once, But the timing needs to be improved.

Are there any gray areas? of course. Some people will use sticky substances to simply grab the ball-such as using sunscreen and rosin-and then some people will overtake the batter to gain a clear advantage, such as Spider Tack. This is the real problem, and it is much more difficult to solve.

The most irritating part of the whole situation is that it is a simple solution to a simple problem: not even trying to find a happy medium and negotiating with players to try to find a solution that does not exist. People like Scherzer, Gerrit Cole Tyler Glasnow and Tyler Glasnow have been on the front lines and had to answer embarrassing questions at the press conference, making them the villains in the situation.

Who wants to see referees like TSA at Dulles Airport search the court? What problem does that solve? Wednesday’s power show from Major League Baseball is just another field eye that needs to be navigated.

This is a simple suggestion: stop playing baseball. Or change the ball to make it stickier so that the players can grip. Or find a substance that all players accept. Or wait until the offseason to give these guys at least a chance to adjust and figure out how?

This is again another monster created by the Major League Baseball itself. The league turned a blind eye to an obvious problem and decided to solve it at an untimely time.

It’s like they can’t promote their players. It’s like they insist on blocking local games. Just as looming labor issues may stop the sport this fall. It’s like a constantly changing baseball. Just like the steroid era. It’s like the Major League Baseball team using technology to steal logos. Like…

… get it?

Although the pitcher is just trying to catch the baseball, it may be time for the Major League Baseball to grasp what it is doing.