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Home plate umpire Gerry Davis ejects New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda after a foreign substance was discovered on his neck in the second inning of the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Pineda tossed for pine tar; Red Sox beat Yanks 5-1

By HOWARD ULMAN - Associated Press

Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara, right, celebrates with first baseman Mike Napoli (12) after the Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 5-1 in a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Red Sox beat Yanks 5-1 after getting Pineda tossed

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Home plate umpire Gerry Davis, right, confers on the mound with New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda, left; shortstop Derek Jeter (2); and others in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Pineda was ejected after umpires found with a foreign substance on his neck.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Pineda says he’ll learn from ejection for pine tar

By HOWARD ULMAN - Associated Press

Home plate umpire Gerry Davis, right, confers on the mound with New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda, left; shortstop Derek Jeter (2); and others in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Pineda was ejected after umpires found with a foreign substance on his neck.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Michael Pineda suspended 10 games by MLB; won’t appeal

By Howard Ulman - Associated Press

In this April 23, 2014 photo taken from video and provided by ESPN, home plate umpire Gerry Davis touches the neck of New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda in the second inning of the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston. Pineda was ejected after umpires found a foreign substance on his neck. (AP Photo/ESPN)

Pineda banned 10 games for pine tar, won’t appeal

By HOWARD ULMAN - Associated Press

New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda walks off the mound after being ejected when a foreign substance was discovered on his neck, in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Pine tar, Vaseline, spit all part of baseball

By NOAH TRISTER - Associated Press

In this April 23, 2014 photo taken from video and provided by ESPN, home plate umpire Gerry Davis touches the neck of New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda in the second inning of the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston. Pineda was ejected after umpires found a foreign substance on his neck. (AP Photo/ESPN)

Column: ‘There’s better ways to conceal it.’

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

Home plate umpire Gerry Davis, right, confers on the mound with New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda, left; shortstop Derek Jeter (2); and others in the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Pineda was ejected after umpires found with a foreign substance on his neck.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Pineda not only pitcher in majors to try pine tar

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

Home plate umpire Gerry Davis ejects New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda after a foreign substance was discovered on his neck in the second inning of the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Pineda tossed for pine tar; Red Sox beat Yanks 5-1

By HOWARD ULMAN - Associated Press

Home plate umpire Gerry Davis ejects New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda after a foreign substance was discovered on his neck in the second inning of the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Michael Pineda ejected vs. Red Sox after latest foreign substance flap

By Howard Ulman - Associated Press

Home plate umpire Gerry Davis ejects New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda after a foreign substance was discovered on his neck in the second inning of the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Yanks pitcher Pineda ejected for substance on neck

By HOWARD ULMAN - Associated Press

Chicago Cubs' Ryan Kalish flips his bat after striking out during the fifth inning of Game 2 of an interleague baseball doubleheader against the New York Yankees, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Forget cold, Cubs cooled by Tanaka, Pineda

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka delivers in the third inning of Game 1 of an interleague baseball doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

White wash: Yanks sweep Cubs 3-0, 2-0

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia reacts as he leaves the mound at the end of the sixth inning of a baseball game after the Boston Red Sox scored four runs Friday, April 11, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Sabathia gives up 2 more HRs in loss to Red Sox

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 10, 2014 file photo, New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York. Pineda pitched for the first four innings with a dark substance on the lower palm of his pitching hand, but it was gone by the fifth. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Foreign substances on mound nothing new

By NOAH TRISTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 10, 2014 file photo, New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda is shown between pitches during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York. After the New York Yankees' right-hander kept Boston's offense in check for six innings Thursday night, postgame talk centered on the dark, seemingly tacky substance that had been on the lower palm of Pineda's pitching hand. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Players know pitchers try for better grip on ball

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Pineda pitched for the first four innings with a dark substance on the lower palm of his pitching hand, but it was gone by the fifth. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Red Sox fall 4-1 as Pineda, Ellsbury lead Yanks

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Jacoby Ellsbury, right, hits a fifth-inning RBI-double in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, April 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

With dirty hand, Pineda leads Yanks over Bosox 4-1

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press