Ex-MLB pitcher David Cone defends Mets' Max Scherzer after performing rosin test

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New York Mets starter Max Scherzer’s ejection in his most recent start against the Los Angeles Dodgers has sparked tons of debate regarding the use of rosin for pitchers in Major League Baseball. 

Scherzer said he "swears on my kids’ lives" that he did use any foreign substance that led umpire Phil Cuzzi to toss him from his outing after he deemed his hands too sticky to continue pitching. 

Scherzer claimed that he only used rosin and sweat, and despite trying to relinquish the stickiness with an alcohol wash with an MLB official watching, Cuzzi still threw him out of the game. 

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Former MLB player David Cone reacts after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to game two of the American League Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on October 14, 2022 in New York, New York.  (Elsa/Getty Images)

Former MLB pitcher and current broadcaster David Cone decided to do a little experiment before ESPN’s "Sunday Night Baseball" matchup between the Mets and San Francisco Giants, using MLB’s "rock rosin" to see just how sticky fingers get when pitchers use it. 

The experiment shows that Scherzer has a case. 

"We did a little experiment before the game and I had the rosin bag right there. That’s the rock rosin," Cone said. "I had not too much sweat to work with, but even with just the rock rosin, it got sticky. Then, I went to the alcohol to show you, ‘OK, let me clean it off.’ I had a little discoloration from the rosin."

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Cone, then, showed