The Spider Tack Scandal: Pitchers Before and After

[@friday0408]

Trevor was also cleared of all charges. Even the civil suit had a settlement with no cash payout.

[@ryanchoate9146]

She should have to pay him and spend time in jail for what she did!

[@Hatbilly]

Great analysis. This video will be a great time capsule for when we inevitably see the next banned substances trickle into the game.

[@Cam23]

Thank you Hatbilly! The next wave of foreign substances is bound to happen so I'm curious what it will be.

[@M0ving7arg37]

Could you look into it the pitch clock helped or hurt pitchers in the injuries department? Mainly if the injuries were more severe or not.

[@stevewright2241]

Do you remember this. STL Cardinals- I think the pitcher was Giovanny Gallegos. Gallegos pitches the ball in the dirt. Yaddy Molina blocks it and is now looking for the ball. He’s looking and looking. He can’t find it. Oh there it is, stuck to his chest protector….yeah might have been a little spider tack on that ball.

[@ryanchoate9146]

Yeah that was wild! I know Gallegos struggled along with Flaherty after it was banned!

[@evanwladkowski5386]

Paul Fry is an interesting case that never gets mentioned. Was a solid relief arm for the orioles for a few years during their rebuild, but the second the substance crackdown started, he completely lost all effectiveness, throwing wild pitches seemingly every outing. He was eventually cut by the orioles early in 2022.

[@Cam23]

Fry is definitely an interesting case. I'm an O's fan so I for sure remember that dude, but 2020 was the only season he was effective. His first half of 2021 was average at best even before the crackdown.

[@alexdegross6248]

Kind of unfair to Bieber. He was never accused of using sticky stuff. His pitching has always been predicated on his ability to freeze guys with excellent ball placement. His decrease has always been associated with overuse.

[@Hogtownboy1]

a suggestion B/A lowering the mound from 15 to inches stating 1969

[@TapirBaseball]

Great Video! You must be using performance enhancing writing.

[@Cam23]

Thank you Tapir! haha I don't know about that 😂😂

[@lizbuckley7913]

hey cam 23 could you possibly do an insane prime historic level video on GARY SHEFFIELD he was a great slugger is a member of the 500 home run club and has a lot of fans including myself. if you could make a video about him that would be great keep up the great work I especially enjoyed the ken griffey jr. frank thomas and chipper jones videos too.

[@Cam23]

Thank you for the suggestion! Lots of players to cover but Gary Sheffield is definitely a player I plan on making one of those videos on at some point

[@halowizard2583]

Do you Draw perchance, or did draw? Does cam0kool23 ring any bells?

[@Cam23]

Cam 23 came from my first name and my favorite number, I've never heard of that name before so definitely a coincidence

[@halowizard2583]

@@Cam23 it’s an old username of someone, they’re channel is gone so

[@monkeymagee2008]

Another banger video Cam🔥🔥

[@Cam23]

Thank you Sergio! 🙌🏼

[@thinkforyourself5672]

What they did to Bauer is disgusting. Like him or hate him he deserved to finish out his MLB career on his own terms. He may be a D**k at times but they screwed him big time.

[@PrimarySweeper13]

Love Kap

[@SONICX1027]

I’m still waiting for the video on David Ortiz Also, Gerrit Cole is still the son of Rafael Devers

[@rogeriovaladao7969]

I´m buti´m but in 2019 has already using spider tack. he starting using in houston in 2019 has allready using Spider Tack. He starting using in houston

[@booradley6832]

How about instead of doctoring the ball to fit your hand, doctor your hand to fit the ball. i.e. grow the calluses on your hands as much as you can and cut grooves into them? Then again i'd be surprised if that hasnt been tried and determined to be unusable for whatever reason, or already banned. Also, as much as people love trolling Trevor Bauer, the Mickey Mouse thing was dumb. What was the man supposed to do? Call off the pandemic and say "Alright im pitching well, full seasons back on?" Go out and throw the last 2-3 games so he woulidnt win a "tainted season?" Absolute silliness. As much as Shane's 14.2k/9 record wont hold up to scrutiny of an entire season mark vs other seasons, Trevor did play the exact same length of season as everyone he's being compared to for that record.

[@foramoreperfectamerica8490]

Trevor Bauer is the modern day Jose Canseco. Someday he will write a book called Tacky about the use of Spider Tack in the MLB, even though his ass introduced it to MLB.

[@BraxtonMeyer]

no. Canseco is actually a decent person. Bauer is just a scumbag.

[@ethanniedorowski116]

He actually didn't but sure... he used it but to prove a point

[@Cam23]

The ole Pete Rose special: admitting to things in a book to make a quick buck 💰😂

[@foramoreperfectamerica8490]

@@ethanniedorowski116 I said someday he'll write the book. I didn't say he had written the book yet.

[@Cam23]

@@foramoreperfectamerica8490 I got that I was purely joking that when the day comes it'll be reminiscent of that 😂

[@sojc7144]

This video might offend the “Bauer Fanboyzz Club of America!!” 🤪🤣

[@nstycrv]

check videos of Greg Maddux, he used Vaseline in his upper lip. Watch as he walks back to the mound after getting a new ball. Licks inside upper lip with tongue, licks fingers applying vaseline, fake wipes fingers on pants, rubs new baseball applying vaseline, gets on mound and 99% of the time throws either a change up or 2 seam fastball. Once you notice, you can almost call all of the pitches in his games before he throws it by following this methodology pitch by pitch. btw the source ??? = his brother Mike ... now he STILL hit his spots extremely well even while cheating

[@atzparadi04]

Can U Do Derek Jeter

[@jasonrosario2760]

David ortiz

[@themase3219]

Day 16 of asking for Ted Williams

[@henrygagnon1547]

Let’s get a Ted Williams video

[@Katsos44]

I have to be an ass I can’t help it. Spider tack wasn’t made for powerlifters, as powerlifters are not allowed to use it in competition, it was made for strongmen, as strongmen lift atlas stones, not powerlifters

[@Cam23]

In my research it listed powerlifters so I'm sure you're right but that's the info I was provided and therefore used it.

[@Katsos44]

@@Cam23 oh no problem, spider tack is hard to research due to how tightly it’s been associated with baseball making it’s origins tough to trace exactly through only browsing browsers. I just literally have OCD and can’t help it, sorry man it was a fantastic video and I can’t wait for before and after steroids on lesser known users.

[@DrAnarchy69]

Remember when people thought Gerrit Cole couldn’t pitch without sticky stuff? *laughs in Yankees fan*

[@Cam23]

He proved the haters wrong!

[@zackabides8270]

Foreign substance use is more of a cheat than steroid use... Baseball hypocrisy is blatantly evident by its policing of steroid use vs. foreign substance use. Steroid use is nowhere near the advantage that foreign substance use is. Additionally, steroid use affects only the individual player. Moreover, the player has to put in the extra workout time in order to see results... Foreign substance use allows a player to alter a part of the playing surface.

[@horchataguy91]

Call it crazy, but a combo of my own sweat with a little bit of dirt made my hands “sticky” and one time I played barehanded WR/DB in football and I was actually kicked out of the game because they said I was using rosin 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️I’m like ooo shit I can’t ever sweat again then or be near dirt while I’m sweating 😪😪😪I’m like wtf

[@ethanniedorowski116]

Alabama clay is some shut

[@Cam23]

I'm glad you shared that story because it goes to show it's not just MLB that has no clue what is legal and what is illegal 😂

[@horchataguy91]

@@Cam23 they don’t get that even natural sweat with any combo of using sunscreen or even dirt in my case and the ball is gonna do some crazy stuff..💯💯

[@LongIslandbaseball55]

Um I don’t think spider tack was invented in 2020. That’s my only gripe with this video

[@Cam23]

I never said it was invented in 2020, it rose to prominence in 2020. The only thing I said was that it was initially used by power lifters

[@LongIslandbaseball55]

@@Cam23 well pitchers most likely were using it before 2020. That’s my only gripe

[@Cam23]

@@LongIslandbaseball55 Right, they absolutely were. I even hinted at that when discussing Gerrit Cole via Bauer's comment. 2020 is the year Spider Tack exploded, being used league wide, which is why I can more confidently say they were using it no questions asked. If there's a place where I clearly stated that it wasn't used before 2020, then please inform me. I don't mind being wrong, I just don't get the gripe if I never outright said that

[@LongIslandbaseball55]

@@Cam23 sounded like it was implied with the gerrit cole one. 2018 and 19 he definitely used it. That was my gripe but you were accurate on most of the video

[@Cam23]

@@LongIslandbaseball55 Cool, thanks for the feedback! I genuinely want to make the videos better, so I dig until I know for sure how I can make that happen

[@cardboardempire]

MLB screwed over Bauer so bad

[@coolbreeze4249]

F karinchak dude is a bum

[@joshsmith4512]

let them out what they want on the ball. you've taken the pitchers advantage away anyway. bring back the shine ball😁

[@ChristianGallo77014]

honestly i think this idea has been debunked. cole just won a cy young, trevor was way better than his cy young season in japan last year. i mean come on.

[@Cam23]

That is the point of this video! It didn't impact as much as it was believed.

[@markeastridge9649]

Noting Trevor had pre-tacked balls in NPB that he was quite happy with. MLB experimented with in the AA Southern League last year with good reviews.

[@horsemadeofhorses]

I understand why, but using bauer, who is thrice accused of s*xual violence, as the thumbnail image is gross