No two pitches are the same because no two pitchers are the same. Biology, coaching and even ambition and curiosity affect how humans throw a baseball. Equal parts art and science meld. "Each pitch is ...

Wood fastening is at the heart of all woodworking and construction work. Much of this functionality is due to the design of ...

For nearly every pitcher in baseball, establishing a quality fastball is one of the most essential steps for someone to find success. Fastball pitches (4-seam, 2-seam, sinker, cutter) make up just shy ...

There are some special pitches in Major League Baseball from the Ghost Fork to the pitch some have called a "slutter" or a sweeper. This time? We're talking about the "kick change," a pitch that has ...

Lakeland, Fla. — There was a time in baseball, not too long ago, when clubs discouraged pitchers from adding pitches and extending their repertoire. Master three or four pitches and stay with them, ...

During the final weeks of the regular season, as New York Yankees reliever Luke Weaver spiraled into unreliability, he found himself confronting a time-honored baseball problem that has become more ...

When he was pitching in the big leagues a decade ago, Danny Farquhar barely gave a passing thought whether he was tipping his pitches. “Wasn’t really a thing back then,” he said. These days, he’s ...

When is a pitch a pitch? When is a new pitch type born? Who gets credit? At some point, the slider was not a thing. Then Charles Bender threw his “nickel-curve” so often in the early part of the 20th ...

Over the past couple seasons, the “sweeper” has gone from a fresh coat of paint on a particular style of slider to a common ...

It’s… a Yankees baserunner moving his arms as if he’s about to soar! Such has been the scene this season when the Bombers tip opponents’ pitches. The Yankees ...

In the span of just eight months, so much seemingly had changed. Glasnow still was confident in his health, believing his careerlong elbow problems finally were behind him. He still was sure of his ...