Why Do Baseball Players Spit So Much?

Spitting Is Part of Baseball*

Ballplayers are in a pinch

Of Expectorating and Run Expectancy: The Tale of a 7th Inning

Smokeless tobacco ingrained in baseball, despite bans and Gwynn's

Why do baseball, football, & hockey players spit constantly yet basketball players do not? It can't have anything to do with the level of activity so I assume it is just because

Understand THIS, Baseball Players!

Why do pro baseball players constantly spit so conspicuously (even

Chew tobacco, chew tobacco, chew tobacco, spit - NBC Sports

Ex-Met Turk Wendell on the origins of his licorice cheek

Max Scherzer and the History of Ball-Doctoring Excuses and Denials