CBS Sports
New York Mets co-ace Max Scherzer is presently serving a 10-game suspension for the use of a banned grip-enhancing substance during his most recent start against the Dodgers. During that start, Scherzer had repeated interactions with umpire Phil Cuzzi about the tackiness of his pitching hand, and Scherzer insisted time and again that it was nothing more than allowable combination of rosin and sweat on his hands.
After the game, however, crew chief Dan Bellino had this to say:
"This was the stickiest [a hand] has been since I've been inspecting hands, which goes back three seasons. It was so sticky that when we touched his hand, our fingers were sticking to his hand."