Since the 1940s, baseball players have been spreading a special kind of "magic mud" on new baseballs to reduce the slick, ...

Mariano Rivera was never secretive about the grip on his ... This could be pitching’s next great analytical frontier. From the July/August 2023 issue: Moneyball broke baseball Part of what ...

Smaller hands? A smaller grip is probably what you should hold. Larger hands? Larger grip. Makes sense. But is there a quick and easy way to grasp where you fall on the grip spectrum? Kellie ...

It was June 2023, and Holland had been pitching for the independent league ... crack down on the use of sticky substances to help grip the baseball, which led to pitchers overcompensating by ...

Jamie Reed's life has had "profound" changes since she objected to practices at Washington University's transgender center. But she has no regrets.

Manager Dave Roberts confirmed that the generational player won't be pitching. "There is no possibility," Roberts told reporters. "Thank you for asking." Even Ohtani confirmed he didn't inform the ...

A GRIP ON SPORTS • It was cold this morning ... dropping his match with Hideki Matsuyama. • Baseball is over in the Northwest. Football? It’s just getting started. (And October gets started ...

(AP Photo, File) OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics had long ago carved out a Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball's most successful — and sad-sack — franchises.

Youth crime rates have plummeted in every state across Australia. Criminologists say Queensland LNP's claims of a youth crime crisis are not supported by evidence. The LNP claims tougher sentences ...

(AP Photo, File) OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics had long ago carved out a Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball's most successful — and sad-sack — franchises. Under their belts: ...