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 ...

The mad scientist cooked his famous concoction with a knob of pine tar, a dollop of Cramer Firm Grip paste and a dash of Coca-Cola, all melted into a harmonious glob with a lighter. Nobody really ...

In early 2019, Major League Baseball visited spring training camps with a new, buzzed-about toy: a sticky baseball. The baseballs, which weren’t the exact ones used (and often hailed by pitchers) in ...

I received a couple of e-mails Thursday that made me look at the pine tar situation in a different light. Two fathers of young boys who play baseball asked me, “How do we explain this to our children?

Don't worry. We're about to throw some blame Michael Pineda's way. He deserves it for getting himself involved in yet another silly little controversy involving pine tar. But I think it's also time ...

I get into a lot of baseball arguments which end up with people telling me how damn clear the rules and morals are and how I’m a jerk for not understanding that. How breaking the rules is cheating, ...

"The bat handle, for not more than 18 inches from the end, may be covered or treated with any material (including pine tar) to improve the grip. Any such material, including pine tar, which extends ...

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While we wait for baseball to return, Joe Posnanski will count down his top 60 moments in baseball history — think of it as a companion piece to The Baseball 100 — with a series of essays on the most ...

A game-winning home run becomes a game loser — and 25 days later, it's turned back into the game-winner. That alone would warrant an entry in baseball's history books. But cast it with David and ...