[jahlove]

Pitchers using stickum is pretty much an open secret that the entire league participates in [0].

[0] https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/baseballs-st...

[sk5t]

I feel like the game tolerates some bending of the rules so long as the techniques were available and used in the 1920s--tar or earwax or whatever on the ball, a certain amount of incorrect calls from the umpire, and so on.