I can’t say I had ever heard of Spider Tack before this week. I also don’t think I can imagine a worse response to “have you ever used Spider Tack” than this from Gerrit Cole:
here's gerrit cole's response when asked point blank if he has ever used spider tack, one of the sticky substances baseball is looking to crack down on pic.twitter.com/rKFOksIDoW
— Matthew Roberson (@mroberson22) June 8, 2021
It seems that one of baseball’s longest-running dirty little secrets is now making pitchers say “out, damn spot” as they try to get themselves clean before any fallout reaches them.