NCAA: Band aid on Pitcher's Finger

DRJ1960 · #1 (**permalink**) Sun Jun 02, 2019, 12:39pm

It allows a "foreign substance" on the finger that changes the pitcher's grip on the ball.

AtlUmpSteve · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 04, 2019, 09:36pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRJ1960

It allows a "foreign substance" on the finger that changes the pitcher's grip on the ball.

But, by rule, not a foreign substance. The rule 10.13.1 defines illegal foreign substances as something that "would transfer to the ball". What would a band-aid transfer?

Crabby_Bob · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Jun 05, 2019, 03:48pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

But, by rule, not a foreign substance. The rule 10.13.1 defines illegal foreign substances as something that "would transfer to the ball". What would a band-aid transfer?

Band-Aid stickum. Obviously. /sarc

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