In the middle of a career performance, New York Yankees starting pitcher Domingo German was asked to wash his hands after sticky stuff was spotted, conceivably increasing his spin rate and pitch quality. Of course, spider tack is banned in the MLB, and pitchers have had to resort to other means of improving their pitch quality, which makes rosin ever more essential.
Rosin is a legal substance in baseball, as pitchers have a bag full of it on the mound, but German prefers to apply it prior to heading out onto the field, which created a bit of confusion for the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon.