Inconsistencies in Enforcement: The Sticky Stuff Conundrum in Baseball

Another pitcher was caught with sticky stuff on their hand, I’m sick and tired of there not being a uniform way of handling this. Earlier this year, Mets closer Edwin Diaz was ejected from the game upon entering because a substance on his hand was deemed too sticky. And that happens, it’s an automatic 10 game suspension. The umpire that immediately tossed him out of the game was Vic Carapazza. Now, we just had Justin Steele with a substance that was deemed too sticky on his hand, and he was allowed to go wash his hands off and go back to pitch. And guess what? It was the same umpire that immediately ejected Edwin Diaz on the spot, and automatic 10 game suspension came from it. Vic Carapazza. We’ll see if he gets tossed right here. When usually these pitchers, they’ll put some. They’ll put some rosin on their wrists and maybe a little bit on their glove, but on nights like tonight, where it’s extremely huge, uh oh, he’s gone. Well, unless they’re telling him to go in and. And what? We. They. We’ve seen that before. They go in and wash their hands. We have not seen an ejection. So I just don’t get it. I’m not arguing one way or another or saying Justin Steel should have been thrown out or Edwin Diaz shouldn’t have been thrown out. I’m just saying we need a little consistency across the board because this is just ridiculous. I just Don’t understand. Why is one guy allowed to go wash his hands off and then go back to pitch and another guy is immediately ejected on the spot and handed a 10 game suspension?