Why Nicotine Pouches are important to athletes Why sports stars and athletes use nicotine pouches It’s the bottom of the 8th inning. There are one out and a man on third base. The score is a complete deadlock. The Washington Senators on September 30, 1927, were a force to be reckoned with. They were the biggest challenger to the infamous New York Yankees. The crowd was tense. They came to see who could answer the age-old question: “Who is faster, the pitch or the hit?” That hot, summer day, Babe Ruth reached in a pouch, packed a nug of chewing tobacco into his cheek, and came out with the confidence and swagger of a man looking to crush spirits and break records. The dangerously accurate lefty Tom Zachary was at the plate, determined to strike out the living legend. He threw the fastest ball anyone could at the time. He wound up, cocked his knee, and launched. Not a 10th of a second after, the only thing you could hear was the sharp crack of Tennessee lumber on that poor lefty’s fast