Yankees Pine Tar Ejection: A Window Into Baseball's Sneaky Unwritten Rules

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Yankees Pine Tar Ejection: A Window Into Baseball's Sneaky Unwritten Rules
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New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was ejected (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/sports/baseball/yankees-red-sox-pineda.html?_r=0) from a Wednesday night game against the Boston Red Sox for having a swath of pine tar on his neck, then suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball (http://mashable.com/category/mlb/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) on Thursday. After Pineda's ejection, many casual followers of the sport had similar reactions: Pine tar? What's up with that? What is this, 1919?

Then first step to understanding Pineda's pine tar-gate is accepting that baseball, more than any other sport, relies on a set of codified standards that don't always jibe with what you'll find in the rule book. To wit: Pine tar is illegal for use by pitchers seeking to improve their grip on the ball, but's widely ack**wledged that pitchers use it on an extremely regular basis Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/pine-tar-in-baseball/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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