Baseball pitches aren’t living creatures; they don’t have feathers. They do fly, though, and to an incurious or uninitiated observer, their flights and behaviors could blend together. “Pitches,” one ...

Two minutes, one out! One minute, two outs! Two minutes, three outs! Batter up, batter down, batter up, batter down, batter up, batter down. Groundoutflyoutflyout. So went the accounting of the first ...

The primary goal of Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock is to shave 20 or 30 minutes off the sport’s plodding three-plus-hour games. But the rollout of the clock this season raises an intriguing ...

Pitching will look a little different at the World Baseball Classic in 2026. When the sport's finest arms take to the stage across the United States, Japan and Puerto Rico, they'll be asked to abide ...

One of the oldest clichés on the planet, like many clichés, has a nugget of truth: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Until this spring, Major League Baseball was broke. The games, even for those of ...

Relief pitchers, who infrequently face the same batter more than once in a game, have historically succeeded with the help of one or two pitch types that are thrown with maximum effort. In this ...

Magicians are able to do a lot of things without people knowing. Sometimes they change the music while performing on stage, using the simple click of a heel. Sometimes they help a catcher tell a ...

Baseball moves very fast. That’s how it seems to me, anyway. Just try coaching a Little League game; decisions pile up like branches on a tree, as tactical and strategic considerations multiply. And ...