That’s an equipment issue, not an ingested foreign substance. I’m against
doping in baseball.

Totally different than putting drugs in the body.

Also, foreign substances applied to baseballs allow for better griping
of the ball. A rosin bag is already allowed, and that’s a foreign substance.
It just doesn’t provide enough griping, especially when a pitcher sweats.
It’s something that started with the game, and was recently banned.

Plus baseball just wants to increase scoring by banning the substance,
so now the game is uneven, which is why the scoring is ridiculous.

Also, baseball is a man-made sport that depends on the use of equipment
in order to have a competition. It’s not a pure from of athleticism like swimming
or running. Runners use to compete barefoot before the use of running shoes.

Zola Budd ran track with no shoes in the 1980s, but runners wear shoes to PROTECT the feet and to have better traction when running ( almost similar to pitchers looking
for better griping)....That’s really what running shoes are for.


But I guess I’m a bootlicker. Smh.