Hypocrisy in MLB's pine tar rules

BOSTON — Michael Pineda's poor judgment has the Yankees in a sticky situation for the next 10 games. Major League Baseball suspended the righthander Thursday for 10 games for “possessing a foreign substance” — pine tar on the right side of his neck, 

Their point was, how do you listen to players and managers and coaches say it's OK for pitchers to use pine tar as long as they conceal it, but it's not OK if it's used openly, as Yankees righthander Michael Pineda did Wednesday night for the specific

When George Brett talks pine tar — and cheating in baseball — people listen and the Hall of Famer just gave TMZ Sports an earful about Yankees…

This is a touchy subject for a couple reasons: The usage of pine tar and other foreign substances by pitchers is far more common in MLB than suspensions for it suggest. And, the Rays play in the same division as the New York Yankees, so it might be a

When George Brett talks pine tar — and cheating in baseball — people listen and the Hall of Famer just gave TMZ Sports an earful about Yankees…