Trevor Bauer has stopped just short of saying that he does it, and does it on purpose, to prove a point. And he’s said it more than once, to anyone who will listen. Gerrit Cole has been accused of it. He’s not the only one. An Oakland A’s clubhouse man named Bubba Harkins was supposedly the source of the best goo, the one all the pros use.
It’s always Oakland. Just ask Jose Canseco.
It’s creating a revolution in baseball. Batting averages and OPS and SLG are down across the board.