# Breaking News: David Tyree Pine Tar Scandal!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-david-tyree-pine-tar-scandal/436397>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 5, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-david-tyree-pine-tar-scandal/436397 "2008-02-05T16:14:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-david-tyree-pine-tar-scandal/436397/1 "2008-02-05T16:14:09Z")

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Well no, not really, but it’d be funny to make one up amidst all the talk of tape related “cheating” from the Patriots.

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**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-david-tyree-pine-tar-scandal/436397/2 "2008-02-05T16:25:05Z")

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Damn you.

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-david-tyree-pine-tar-scandal/436397/3 "2008-02-05T18:37:48Z")

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Silly, David Tyree doesn’t even carry a baseball bat, much less smear pine tar more than 18" past the handle of one.

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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-david-tyree-pine-tar-scandal/436397/4 "2008-02-05T19:00:14Z")

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No, but pine tar on the palms of his hands (or even on the top of his helmet :)) would certainly explain how he held on to that Impossible Catch.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-david-tyree-pine-tar-scandal/436397/5 "2008-02-05T19:23:39Z")

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Decades ago, recievers spread “stickum” on their hands. If a player got two fingers on the ball, he could reel it in. It’s illegal, now.