CHICAGO -- Veteran Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Rich Hill says the players' union "dropped the ball" when it came to this week's announcement from Major League Baseball about grip-enhancing substances.
MLB said pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games starting Monday for using banned foreign substances to doctor baseballs.
"I think this falls on the PA, the players' association," 41-year old Hill said before Wednesday's game at the Chicago White Sox. "I think that this is where something should have been done. The players' association had the opportunity to work with MLB, and MLB used their strong hand to put it on the players, and that's unfortunate that this is what happened.