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Throughout the postseason baseball fans have accused Red Sox pitchers of using banned substances like pine tar to gain an advantage on his opponents.
Here is a video that went viral during the Astros-Red Sox series that appears to show Matt Barnes doctoring the baseball with pine tar.
This pitcher had pine tar on his arm! Wtf?!? My uncle caught this. @espn @astros @SportsCenter @MLB pic.twitter.com/l3GX8utrto
— cody (@CodyDaeschner) October 15, 2018
Boston won the World Series last night and this time Red Sox ace David Price was accused of using a sticky substance in a dominating performance against the Dodgers in game 5.
https://twitter.com/JustinRachner/status/1056748012486230016
Hey @DAVIDprice24 what was on your hands?? Sweat doesn't do that
— 𝕳𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖍 🍀 (@Paulthewall61) October 29, 2018
Interesting how sticky David Price’s hand is. Little bit of pine tar keeping the Dodgers down? @mlb #WorldSeries2018 #foreignsubstance pic.twitter.com/1hbs6feu4L
— Jon Reischel (@jonreischel) October 29, 2018
World Series @DAVIDprice24 looked like he had sticky hands. Anyone else catch his shirt stick to his hand as he patted his chest? 🤔
— SimplyHonestlyMe (@MelissaBobka) October 29, 2018
Looks like David Price has something sticky on his hands 👀👀👀 #WorldSeries2018 pic.twitter.com/nes4wIfqux
— Drew Stief (@astief_22) October 29, 2018
Why is David Price’s glove hand sticking to his jersey? #pinetar pic.twitter.com/EHaLp4EgGw
— Grayson (@grayleww) October 29, 2018
Red Sox fans quickly defended their star pitcher.
It’s called sweat. Learn about it. It causes things to stick
— Kent Fulton (@Kjf125) October 29, 2018
Lol yeah on his glove hand. Give it a rest.
— Coach Hill (@CoachMarcusHill) October 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/B_Murph1021/status/1056931255131033600