By Barry Bloom
Major League Baseball has decided to enforce rules already on the books to stop pitchers from doctoring the baseball, beginning with Monday’s games. Pitchers caught applying substances will be ejected and suspended for 10 games.
Perhaps even more significantly, teams won’t be able to replace that pitcher on the roster during the suspension period, meaning a relief pitcher caught is a relief pitcher officially lost for 10 games.
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