Brian Moehler, Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers on the mound during the Major League Baseball American League East game against the New York Yankees on 10 April 1999 at Yankee Stadium, New York, New York, United States. The Yankees won the game 5 - 0. (Photo by Al Bello/Allsport/Getty Images)
With all the recent news of some former Detroit Tigers pitchers allegedly using a foreign substance on the ball, we flashback to May of 1999 to revisit the Brian Moehler incident.
Tony Paul of the Detroit News recently reported the story of Justin Verlander and a few other Tigers pitchers accused of using a “sticky substance” for a better grip.