David Lennon
David Lennon has been a staff writer for Newsday since 1991, when he started covering New York City
In 2015, it remains illegal for a pitcher to apply a foreign substance, such as pine tar and / or sunscreen with a few pats from the rosin bag at the back of the mound, to the baseball.
The Orioles' Brian Matusz and the Brewers' Will Smith were the latest offenders to get ejected this past week for having shiny, sticky forearms. Each faces an eight-game suspension.
Like the Yankees' Michael Pineda, who was caught with pine tar on his neck and suspended last season, violating Rule 8.