One of Major League Baseball’s worst kept secrets is that pitchers have always used foreign substances, commonly referred to as “sticky stuff,” on the ball to gain an advantage over hitters. Now that the MLB has cracked down with new sticky substance enforcement rules in an effort to increase the spin rate on pitched balls, we asked College of General Studies senior lecturer Andy Andres, an expert in mathematics, natural sciences, baseball physics and analytics, to explain how sticky substances helped pitchers and gave them such a huge advantage over hitters.

Video Chapters:
0:02 MLB sticky stuff scandal explained
0:47 What foreign substances do pitchers use? Pine Tar, Rosin, Spider Tack, and more
1:56 What does sticky stuff do to a baseball?
2:35 Baseball Physics: How does spin rate affect a baseball? Sticky stuff and baseball spin rate
4:07 Spin rate stats and MLB sticky substance rule enforcement

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