Ronel Blanco's Sticky Situation | Foul Territory 

Can a pitcher eat Doritos between innings? That cheese residue is sticky as heck.

They have to provide a standard. The pitcher grabs the “standard ball” then he opens his hand and holds it still. If the ball sticks to his hand for longer than 5 Mississippis, ejection and 10 games. If the ball falls, he’s free to go.

It was hotter than usual because they just closed the roof at 4. They mentioned that during the game.

thank you for bringing up that hader is FINALLY taken care of by a team and is, thus, willing to go 2. i'm far from a fan of hader but it irks the ever living daylight out of me when people want players to risk health but not expect organisations to take the equivalent their financial risks.

AJ wants robot umps calling strikes and investigating gloves between innings. (I like AJ normally.)

..."sweat like Ryan Braun at a drug test"...classic Kratz

What’s this?? The asterisks caught cheating yet again???

Domingo herman brother at it again 😂

Not surprised wow

I find it hard to process that Blanco is going to sit more games than all Astros from 2017 combined….. Manfred’s biggest miss of all time.

According to the 2024 MLB rules, pitchers can use rosin bags to apply rosin to their bare hands, but they cannot use the bag to dust their glove or uniform. The home team is required to provide a rosin bag before each game, and the bag should be placed on the ground behind the pitcher's plate before the game begins. So I am a Rangers fan but I don't hate the Astros. I think they are a competitive team and for the most part great rivals for us. I do think that based on the rule above, the ejection is justified. I also think that 10 games is a bit steep. They should do a first offense 1 game ejection and go from there. If he had put rosin on his non pitching arm, which he stated he did the ejection was valid bottom line....no matter which team you support.

4:10 throwback shades

Seems odd that if a player/team is accused of cheating, they can still walk away with a W.

Got sticky balls? Try Manscaped.😊

Houston Asterisks back at it again 🤦‍♂

AJ for Sox manager!!!!

Why do pitchers need sticky balls? So the batters can go from hitting .240, to .175?

Didn't Trevor Bauer say something about Astros pitchers using sticky stuff years ago? Houston has had pitchers with miraculous jumps in spin rate for years.

Now MLB is goong to makes the teams to keep the gloves out of the dogout so the umps can keep a clear view on then. 😂😂😂😂

Don't pitchers rub the ball with 2 hands at times? I would think anything on the right hand will get on the left if you rub the ball. Haven't a couple of pitchers had to wash their hands this season?

I was just saying. Nobody has been caught lately.

why is no one talking about the fact that the Dodgers pitcher got to change gloves 3 days ago? Why is no one talking about the Yankees pitcher being able to wash his hands?

Why would there be rosin on his glove hand inside the glove? You don't need rosin on your glove hand whatsoever, so why would it even be inside his glove? The guy is cheating, c'mon

YEAH! We need a better way! Because the ASTROS CHEATING IS NOT something that's happened before! 😂😂😂😂

Look at the ump that's covered in sweat that's part of the crew checking the glove. Dude looks like he just stepped out of the shower. Doesn't matter though. Astros got the dub and Ronel will miss one start. GG.

It's not all good. Comments here show it. He's a cheater for life now. Tatis is a cheater for life. Everyone on the Astros whether they were there in 2017 or not are cheaters for life.

Appears you Astros haters love ignoring other MLB news. You know, like the Drew Smith, Max Scherzer and Yamamoto stories. Haters gonna Hate!

Imagine, an Astro CHEATING? Shocker 😂

Haha I glad we are using TV shows to dictate science. I think I have some theranos stock to sell you

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i really hope the hate train comes back like ye old times cause thats when i get to see my astros play with the FUCK ALL YALL mindset oof. it's the A's and its a ok schedule at the moment. sizzle sizzle lol

ASTRO ACTIVITIES

NOBODY likes sticky balls.

Astros need to just finally quit cheating.

There is a very simple way to solve the "Sticky stuff" problem with regards to pitching. SPEND the money (which is not a lot for the Billionaire owners of MLB) and buy adhesive loop tack machines which could be modified for MLB needs. HELLO! we are in the year 2024 and Science has progressed by leaps and bounds over the years. The very subjective non scientific feel test that is used by NON scientific umpires is just beyond ludicrous. If something like this is not implemented, it's just MLB saying, yet again, we don't care if we're fair and this is how it is. BIG SURPRISE!

I wonder if Blanco might be lying about what the substance was...

That probably explains his no hitter. Big cheater.

This is such bullshit. The rosin and sweat was all it was. It was just on the wrong hand. This is crap.

Wow, another ex player on a rant. Great way to start a show. Cheaters will cheat. AJ, they do send in the glove to MLB, that’s why it is confiscated.

Stop with the B.S. defense of Blanco. He's an Astro, and they are ALL cheaters... He deserves the suspension.

Astros doing their thing again.

He wasn’t cheating tbh, those who are just spouting the same rhetoric are just biased and ignorant. Tons of pitchers do the same and mlb doesn’t wanna fix the issue at hand which is w the baseballs

I'm not surprised by this as its the cheating Astros whereas if it was another team then I would be up in arms!!!

Cheatstro defense comity