BOSTON, MA - JUNE 9: J.D. Martinez #28 of the Boston Red Sox looks on during the first inning of a game against the Houston Astros on June 9, 2021 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
Major League Baseball is on the war path in an attempt to clean up the use of foreign substances — aka “sticky stuff” — on the baseball. If they succeed in their midseason gambit, look for both offense and pitcher elbow injuries to increase. Yippee!
Don’t expect any grand changes in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse, though, Yankees fans.