The hitters have been having it all their own way for years."īesides BullFrog, which SSCR acquired last year, the company makes and distributes Ocean Potion, NO-AD and Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Parrot Head. Noting MLB has heavily tilted the playing field to aid the hitter, Straus added, "I sure hope Major League Baseball doesn't ban Bullfrog just because somebody thinks it gives pitchers an edge. FREE delivery Sat, Aug 5 on 25 of items shipped by Amazon. 99 (4.17/Ounce) Save more with Subscribe & Save. 3 Ounce (Pack of 2) 4.2 out of 5 stars 183. "I'd be more worried about players spending a summer under the sun without some real BullFrog SPF50 protection that doesn't sweat off," he said. Bullfrog Quik Spray Sunscreen SPF 50 Oxybenzone & Octinoxate Free Broad Spectrum Moisturizing UVA/UVB, 2 pack. "Hitters today have it so much easier than ballplayers of years past," said Straus, a baseball fan well storied in the controversies surrounding some of the sport's most colorful figures. ![]() ![]() While BullFrog isn't the official sunscreen of professional baseball, Straus seems astute enough to not to balk at a good old fashioned sports quarrel that will puts the media glare on one of the company's products. The new chief executive officer of SSCR, Stuart Straus, said he's glad BullFrog is part of the conversation, if not the controversy, in Major League Baseball. One unnamed American League pitcher in the report described the combination as a "glue-like substance that engineers would be jealous of."īullFrog is one in a line of sunscreen products manufactured at Sun & Skin Care Research in Cocoa. The accusations follows a Yahoo! Sports report last year that said about 90 percent of major league pitchers were using BullFrog sunscreen to improve their grip on the baseball. The Boston Herald dubbed the incident "L'Affaire BullFrog." While Pineda wasn't punished, a rosin-BullFrog concoction involving pitching is a baseball no-no. Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda last week may have been using BullFrog to improve his grip on the baseball pitching against arch rivals, Boston Red Sox. Shop Amazon for Bullfrog Quik Gel Sunscreen SPF 50 Oxybenzone & Octinoxate Free Broad Spectrum Moisturizing UVA/UVB, 5oz and find millions of items. Now a Cocoa-made product could be earning its way to the Hall of Fame of of doctored pitches.īullFrog sunscreen once again has been drawn in to a Major League Baseball "trick pitch" controversy. ![]() Then of course there is petroleum jelly and everyone's favorite "the spitball." For decades, baseball pitchers have been accused of using sandpaper or emery boards to scuff a baseball.
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