Two weeks ago, when New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole didn’t deny using Spider Tack to increase his spin on pitches, it was a big day in baseball. Clips of him sputtering through an interminable ...

While most major league pitchers use some sort of grip enhancer to improve spin rates, there’s one sticky substance many of them feel is a step too far. “Get Spider Tack out of the game and I don’t ...