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Why do baseball players need permission to blow on their hands or lick their fingers during a game?
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∙ 15y ago
There is a rule for pitchers that they may not lick their fingers or blow on their hands while they are standing on the pitcher's mound unless both managers have agreed to allow this before the game. The thought there is to keep the pitcher from transferring a foreign substance, usually saliva, from his mouth to his hand which he will then transfer to the ball. Pitched balls that have a foreign substance on them have more movement than balls that don't. This gives the pitcher an unfair advantage over the batter. Baseball history is ripe with pitchers that used to throw the 'spitball', as in the early days (until 1920) of the game the spitball was legal. Some of these pitchers are in the Hall of Fame. Generally, in games played in cold weather pitchers will be allowed to blow into their hand while on the mound in an attempt to keep them warm. But never in a warm weather game.
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