Tobacco Chewing

I think Big League Chew is still around as a gum based alternative. Invented by guy on the Portland Mavericks A team.

 

MLB banned several years ago, with some grandfathering and so did the minor leagues.
A few years back they made the ban all inclusive.

No tobacco in MLB dugouts or fields of play.

So to answer your question, it is already out.

What you are seeing these days is sunflower seeds. If you ever get close to an MLB dugout after a game, you will see a half inch layer of seed shells everywhere.

Players spit them like their predecessors did tobacco.

All the middle schoolers on my sons team do the seed thing to imitate the big boys.

 

I enjoyed it all during my adult softball career. LOL. was a user mostly of Levi Garrett when it was available. Used to get a pouch for $3.00-$4.00,but last time I saw it at the store was about $12.00- $13.00 a pouch! Gave it up in 2013 though, cold turkey.
GO GATORS!!!!

 

Tried it when I was about 13-14 yr old, mistakenly swallowed some, threw up. Made me sick. The brand was Red Mule. Went to Bazooka bubble gum after that.

 

Very bad habit as it very often leads to throat or mouth cancer. We should all strongly discourage it.

 

My friend said in Nam they chewed and didn't swallow the juice but some would seep down and settled his stomach from the bad stuff they ate sometimes.

 

The no tobacco policy has been around MLB since the late 1960s but a few guys regularly skirted the policy for years most notably and humorously the Earl of Baltimore... Earl Weaver. I remember he would smoke openly in the dugout whenever cameras panned his way and once...in 1969, Weaver was tossed for smoking in the dugout. Weaver was a well-known heavy smoker. Earl being Earl, argued vociferously against the ejection but to no avail but not before he shot the bird a few times to the umpiring crew.
During the finale of the series, he walked to home plate to exchange line-up cards, sporting a candy cigarette in his mouth- in open mockery of the umpire’s decision. I remember that incident as a young kid.
You ball fans may remember, Weaver called Don Stanhouse his top closer in the late 1970s… "Full pack” for Stanhouse's penchant for walking guys before wiggling out of pivital innings- as Weaver nervously smoked one after the other in the tunnel. Stanhouse was monikered "Stan the Man Unusual." Can't make it up. We’ve lost bit of character over the years, haven’t we?

 

In high school we had maybe 3-4 guys that dipped or chewed. When I hit college, it was probably 25 out of 30 guys. Never had an umpire say anything about it in game.